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The S&P Case-Shiller U.S. home price index fell less than expected in the second-quarter as the 20-city composite index posted an annual decline of 15.38%, up from a 14.22% decline in the first quarter.

The Case-Shiller index has fallen every month since peaking in July 2006, but economists say the rate of decline may be slowing, as evidenced by the three-month annualized rates.

The S&P/Case Shiller house price index, data from the OFHEO and the Richmond Fed's manufacturing report will highlight the U.S. economic releases as Canadian markets receive employment insurance data and comments from Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.

The S&P Case-Shiller home price index for Q1 continued to deteriorate with the 20-city composite index posting a record annual decline of 14.1%. In March, the index also declined by an annualized 14.4%. The Case-Shiller index has fallen every month since peaking in July 2006.

"The steep downturn in residential real estate continues...

The Standard & Poor's S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices (HPI) for January which were released on Tuesday are reporting further bad news on the home value front.

The HPI which tracks, in two different indices, 10 and 20 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) across the United States, reported that...

The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index for October, released on Wednesday, fell again for what is the 10th consecutive month. The 6.7 percent drop from figures a year earlier was the largest recorded by the index since April, 1991 when prices declined 6.3 percent.

Miami was the biggest loser in the broad index with...