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At 10:00 a.m. EDT, U.S. mass layoffs data for the month of May will be released from the U.S. Bureau of Labour of Statistics. There were 133,914 mas...

NEW And We're Back down Again (again)

Fri, Jun 20 2008, 2:17 PM

NEW Thursday 6/19/08 ........... It Lasted! (but is fighting to "last" again)

Thu, Jun 19 2008, 10:56 AM

NEW Confirmed

Thu, Jun 19 2008, 9:04 AM

NEW Imagine my surprise....

Thu, Jun 19 2008, 8:54 AM

NEW Thursday 6/19/08 ......... That Plan Went Out The Window...

Thu, Jun 19 2008, 8:23 AM

NEW Jobless Claims Down just slightly

Thu, Jun 19 2008, 7:04 AM

NEW Philadelphia Fed's June Manufacturing Falls to -17.1

Thu, Jun 19 2008, 7:00 AM

Manufacturing in the region covering eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware remained in decline for the seventh consecutive month in...

NEW Thursday's Events: UI Claims, Philly Fed Mfg

Thu, Jun 19 2008, 7:00 AM

At 10 a.m. EDT, the Philadelphia Fed will release its manufacturing index for June. Economists expect the headline index to rise to a reading of -...

NEW Economists Divided on Whether Jobless Claims Signal Recessionary Data

Thu, Jun 19 2008, 7:00 AM

Initial claims for unemployment benefits in the United States came in higher than expected with 381k claims in the week ending June 13, following ...

NEW Fed Must Protect the Markets from Relapse, Kohn Says

Thu, Jun 19 2008, 7:00 AM

Testifying before the Senate Banking Committee on risk management and systemic risk, Federal Reserve Vice-Chairman Donald Kohn said that while liq...

NEW Treasury's Paulson Says More Liquidity to Financial Institutions to Come

Thu, Jun 19 2008, 7:00 AM

Speaking at the Women in Housing & Finance's annual meeting in Washington, D.C., Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said that the U.S. may have to...

NEW Reprices for the worse now a distinct possibility...

Thu, Jun 19 2008, 1:31 PM

NEW Just a touch of discomfort...

Thu, Jun 19 2008, 1:03 PM

NEW Really Knocking On The Ceiling Now...

Wed, Jun 18 2008, 11:02 AM

NEW Wednesday 6/18/08 .......... Predisposition Towards Locking Waning

Wed, Jun 18 2008, 7:25 AM

NEW Long-Term Interest Rates Hit Highest Point since Last October

Wed, Jun 18 2008, 7:00 AM

**BLANK**

NEW Wednesday's Events: Central Bank Watch and DOE Inventories

Wed, Jun 18 2008, 7:00 AM

Today will be a day to watch what central bankers have to say about the current economic conditions, with the Fed's Yellen, EU's Juncker and the B...

NEW MBA Mortgage Applications Decline in Week Ending June 13

Wed, Jun 18 2008, 7:00 AM

Weekly mortgage applications in the United States fell further in the week ending June 13, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers' Associatio...

NEW Leveling Off Ever-So-Slightly

Wed, Jun 18 2008, 1:36 PM

NEW Don't Panic

Tue, Jun 17 2008, 9:28 AM

NEW Do You Like Graphs?

Tue, Jun 17 2008, 8:37 AM

NEW Compelled to Tell You

Tue, Jun 17 2008, 8:12 AM

NEW Tuesday 6/17/08 ...... Will It Last?

Tue, Jun 17 2008, 8:00 AM

NEW Tuesday 6/17/08 ..... And A Good Morning To You As Well!

Tue, Jun 17 2008, 7:08 AM

NEW NAHB Green Building Legislation Offers Incentives to Lenders

Tue, Jun 17 2008, 7:00 AM

Jerry Howard, NAHB executive vice president and CEO testified before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on H.R. 6078 , the Green Resource...

NEW U.S. Housing Market Bottom Not Yet in Sight, Say Economists

Tue, Jun 17 2008, 7:00 AM

"U.S. housing starts have left no doubt that the housing crunch is still in full swing," said Dimitry Fleming at ING Wholesale Banking. "Home buil...

NEW The Fed Won't Hike at Upcoming Meeting, WSJ and FT Say

Tue, Jun 17 2008, 7:00 AM

The Federal Reserve won't hike interest rates on June 25 and may not hike in August, articles in the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times sugge...

NEW U.S. Housing Starts and Building Permits Decline in May

Tue, Jun 17 2008, 7:00 AM

U.S. housing starts came in below expectations at 975k in May, a month-over-month decline of 3.3%, according to data released from the U.S. Depart...

NEW Off Topic Commentary On The Bigger Picture...

Tue, Jun 17 2008, 4:03 PM

NEW You Knew It Was Too Good To Last Right?

Mon, Jun 16 2008, 12:49 PM

NEW bouncing back a bit now

Mon, Jun 16 2008, 10:16 AM

NEW Still Being Held Down

Mon, Jun 16 2008, 9:32 AM

NEW Monday 6/16/08 ....... Bond Buyers are Reading The Writing On The Wall : GO AWAY!

Mon, Jun 16 2008, 8:16 AM

NEW Two Senators Appear to be "Friends of Countrywide"

Mon, Jun 16 2008, 7:00 AM

The loud "thud" you just heard over in the corner of the Senate hearing room was Senator Chris Dodd's vice presidential hopes hitting the wall. ...

NEW Washington Post Sources Say Bernanke has no Plans for Rate Hikes

Mon, Jun 16 2008, 7:00 AM

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has no plans to raise interest rates and is more concerned about growth than inflation, a Washington Post op...

NEW Monday's Events: Lehman, Cnd New Vehicle Sales, Empire Mfg Index, Fed's Bernanke

Mon, Jun 16 2008, 7:00 AM

Earnings from Lehman Brothers will kick off the day followed by Canadian motor vehicle sales and the Empire Fed's manufacturing index. Markets will ...

NEW U.S. Builder Confidence Matches Historic Low at 18

Mon, Jun 16 2008, 7:00 AM

A report from Wells Fargo and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) suggests that homebuilders were even more pessimistic in June as th...

NEW Monday 6/16/08 ......... Traders Reluctantly Buying Bonds

Mon, Jun 16 2008, 6:46 AM

NEW Jason Steals The Scene At The End Of The Day

Fri, Jun 13 2008, 12:58 PM

NEW Bad haircut

Fri, Jun 13 2008, 12:31 PM

NEW Peeling off the ceiling just a bit

Fri, Jun 13 2008, 11:31 AM

NEW Friday 6/13/08 ....... Jason Voorhees at Bay