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Mortgage Rates Swing Upward Again This Week

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by Jann Swanson on October 30 2008, 11:54 AM

Mortgage interest rates have been seesawing like the stock market over the last few weeks and this week they again took some mega-jumps. According to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey for the week ended October 30, the 30-year fixed-rate...
White House Adviser Lazear Says U.S. Can Potentially Rebound

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October 30 2008, 9:44 AM

In an interview with CNBC, Edward Lazear, economic adviser to the president , says the U.S. has potential for a strong rebound in 2009 and that economic weakness could last just a few months. Earlier on Thursday, the government reported Q3 GDP in the...
Economists Say Contraction in U.S. Q3 GDP Confirms Recession

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October 30 2008, 10:28 AM

U.S. Gross Domestic Product was slightly better than the market consensus, but economists' reactions were far from optimistic following the report. Most analysts, if not all, are expecting the fourth quarter to be worse than Q3, with some revising...
IMF Sets Up New Lending Facility

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October 30 2008, 7:37 AM

The IMF has introduced a new lending facility worth up to $100 billion to aid developing countries stricken by the financial market turmoil. "Exceptional times call for an exceptional response," said IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn...
FOMC Puts Risk on Downside Growth, Inflation Off Radar, Analysts Say

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October 29 2008, 3:36 PM

Economists say the unanimous FOMC decision to cut the Federal funds target rate by 50 basis points came as no surprise. Many said the statement is particularly dovish and points to further rate cuts come December 16. The accompanying statement said economic...
FOMC Unanimously Votes to Cut Target Rate 50 Basis Points to 1.00%

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October 29 2008, 2:22 PM

The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it would cut the Federal funds target rate by half a point, as widely expected, to 1.00% . The accompanying statement said economic activity had decreased markedly from a decline in consumer expenditure. In...
FDIC Unveils Incentives to Mortgage Industry to Amend Loans

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October 29 2008, 11:21 AM

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair announced that the agency has created a program to offer economic incentives to the mortgage industry to amend loans and aid borrowers avoid foreclosures. Speaking at the Annual Conference of the International...
MBA Mortgage Applications Move Up in Week Ending October 24

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October 29 2008, 7:03 AM

Weekly mortgage applications in the United States increased in the week ending Oct. 24, according to data released from the Mortgage Bankers' Association (MBA) on Wednesday, which reported a 16.8% week-over-week gain in applications. In the previous...
Fed Widely Expected to Cut Rates 50 Basis Points to 1.00%

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October 28 2008, 1:46 PM

It is widely expected that the Federal Reserve will cut the Fed funds rate by 50 basis points to 1.00% on Wednesday, the lowest level since June 2004. Fed watchers expect the vote to be unanimous and the accompanying statement to echo the "wait-and...
U.S. Third Quarter Vacancy Rates Remain Stalled at 2.8%

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October 28 2008, 10:11 AM

The National homeowner vacancy rate rose to 2.8% in the third quarter, unchanged from the previous quarter, the U.S. Census Bureau reported on Tuesday. National vacancy rates for rental housing rates dipped slightly to 9.9% from 10.0% in the second quarter...
Consumer Confidence Plummets to All-Time Low of 38.0 in October

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October 28 2008, 10:10 AM

The Conference Board's U.S. consumer confidence index plunged far beyond expectations to hit an all-time low of 38.0 in October. The previous all-time low was 47.3, reached in February 1992. More recently, a 16-year low of 51.0 was reached last June...
Former Fed Chair Volcker Says "No Doubt" U.S. is in Recession

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October 28 2008, 9:27 AM

There is no doubt the U.S. economy is in recession, caused by slowing consumption spending and excessive debt, said former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker on Tuesday. "I don't think there is any doubt we are in a recession ," Volcker...
More Banks Sign up to Sell Stock to Treasury

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by Jann Swanson on October 27 2008, 3:44 PM

Both Reuters and the Wall Street Journal were reporting on Monday that more than a dozen banks had signed or expressed their intention to sign on to sell preferred stock in return for government funds in the last few days. They join the original nine...
Case-Shiller Home Price Index Declines by 16.6% in August

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October 28 2008, 9:05 AM

The S&P Case-Shiller home price index fell in line with expectations in August as the 20-city composite index posted a decline of 16.6%, extending July's 14.22% decline. The Case-Shiller index has fallen every month since peaking in July 2006...
New Home Sales Rise 2.7% in September

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October 27 2008, 10:07 AM

New home sales in the U.S. rose slightly more than anticipated, moving up 2.7% in September to an annual pace of 464k, yet the previous month's tumble was revised downward to a 12.6% decrease, according to a report from the Commerce Department on...

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