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53 days ago

Monday: Retail Sales, NY Fed Mfg, Homebuilder Survey

Weekend:
• Schedule for Week of March 16, 2025

• FOMC Preview

Monday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, Retail sales for February is scheduled to be released.  The consensus is for a 0.7% increase in retail sales.

54 days ago

FOMC Preview: No Change to Fed Funds Rate

Most analysts expect no change to FOMC policy at the meeting this week, keeping the target range at 4 1/4 to 4 1/2 percent.    Market participants currently expect the FOMC to be on hold at the March…

55 days ago

Schedule for Week of March 16, 2025

The key reports this week are February Retail sales, Housing Starts and Existing Home Sales.

The FOMC meets this week, and no change to policy is expected.

For manufacturing, the February Industria…

63 days ago

Fed Chair Powell: Economic Outlook "Uncertainty"

From Fed Chair Powell: Economic Outlook
Despite elevated levels of uncertainty, the U.S. economy continues to be in a good place. The labor market is solid, and inflation has moved closer to our 2 pe…

71 days ago

Lawler: Treasury Secretary Wrongly Says Fed Has Been “Big Seller” of Treasuries

From housing economist Tom Lawler: Treasury Secretary Wrongly Says Fed Has Been “Big Seller” of Treasuries

In an interview last week, Treasury Secretary Bessent said that any plans by the Treasury t…

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MBA: Mortgage Refinance Applications Increased in Weekly Survey; Purchase Applications Declined

From the MBA: Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
Mortgage applications increased 2.2 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (…

FOMC Statement: No Change to Fed Funds Rate

Fed Chair Powell press conference video here or on YouTube here, starting at 2:30 PM ET.

FOMC Statement:
Recent indicators suggest that economic activity has continued to expand at a solid pace. T…

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