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		<title>U.S. New Home Sales +3.3% in April 2012</title>
		<link>http://rawfinanceblog.com/2012/05/23/u-s-new-home-sales-3-3-in-april-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 15:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gregg D. Killoren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Census Bureau has reported that sales of new single-family homes in April 2012 were 343,000 at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, up 3.3 percent from March’s revised rate and up 9.9 percent from April 2011. Here is a &#8230; <a href="http://rawfinanceblog.com/2012/05/23/u-s-new-home-sales-3-3-in-april-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rawfinanceblog.com&#038;blog=5015285&#038;post=6131&#038;subd=rawfinance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Purchase Mortgage Applications Lose Momentum (-3.0%) in Week Ended May 18, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 15:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gregg D. Killoren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those touting a bottom in housing may want to pay closer attention to the mortgage market.  Despite record-low interest rates on mortgages, applications for mortgages to purchase a home are slipping again.  For the week ended May 18, 2012, purchase &#8230; <a href="http://rawfinanceblog.com/2012/05/23/u-s-purchase-mortgage-applications-lose-momentum-3-0-in-week-ended-may-18-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rawfinanceblog.com&#038;blog=5015285&#038;post=6129&#038;subd=rawfinance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Existing Home Sales +3.4% in April 2012, Prices Rise: NAR</title>
		<link>http://rawfinanceblog.com/2012/05/22/u-s-existing-home-sales-3-4-in-april-2012-prices-rise-nar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 15:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gregg D. Killoren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Association of Realtors® has reported that sales of existing homes, including single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, rose 3.4 in April 2012 to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.62 million in April from a downwardly revised 4.47 &#8230; <a href="http://rawfinanceblog.com/2012/05/22/u-s-existing-home-sales-3-4-in-april-2012-prices-rise-nar/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rawfinanceblog.com&#038;blog=5015285&#038;post=6126&#038;subd=rawfinance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Economic Activity Perked Up in April 2012: Chicago Fed Survey</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 13:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gregg D. Killoren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chicago Fed National Activity Index was +0.11 in April, up from –0.44 in March.  However, the overall trend is lower.  The index’s three-month moving average, CFNAI-MA3, ticked down to –0.06 in April from +0.02 in March, falling below zero &#8230; <a href="http://rawfinanceblog.com/2012/05/21/u-s-economic-activity-perked-up-in-april-2012-chicago-fed-survey/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rawfinanceblog.com&#038;blog=5015285&#038;post=6118&#038;subd=rawfinance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. High-Yield Default Rate Expected to Top 2% in May 2012, Highest Since October 2010: Fitch</title>
		<link>http://rawfinanceblog.com/2012/05/18/u-s-high-yield-default-rate-expected-to-top-2-in-may-2012-highest-since-october-2010-fitch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 14:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gregg D. Killoren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest report on U.S. high-yield corporate bonds from Fitch Ratings indicates that the default rate will exceed 2 percent in May 2012 after remaining flat in April at 1.9 percent. The recent bankruptcy filings by mortgage lender Residential Capital &#8230; <a href="http://rawfinanceblog.com/2012/05/18/u-s-high-yield-default-rate-expected-to-top-2-in-may-2012-highest-since-october-2010-fitch/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rawfinanceblog.com&#038;blog=5015285&#038;post=6115&#038;subd=rawfinance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Initial Jobless Claims at 370,000 in Week Ended May 12, 2012</title>
		<link>http://rawfinanceblog.com/2012/05/17/u-s-initial-jobless-claims-at-370000-in-week-ended-may-12-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gregg D. Killoren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Labor has announced that initial claims for unemployment insurance were 370,000 in the week ended May 12, 2012.  Using the usual upward revision of the prior week&#8217;s figure, the DOL is able to state that claims &#8230; <a href="http://rawfinanceblog.com/2012/05/17/u-s-initial-jobless-claims-at-370000-in-week-ended-may-12-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rawfinanceblog.com&#038;blog=5015285&#038;post=6109&#038;subd=rawfinance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Federal Open Market Committee Minutes from April 2012 Meeting Released</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gregg D. Killoren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on April 24-25, 2012. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents &#8230; <a href="http://rawfinanceblog.com/2012/05/16/u-s-federal-open-market-committee-minutes-from-april-2012-meeting-released/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rawfinanceblog.com&#038;blog=5015285&#038;post=6106&#038;subd=rawfinance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Industrial Production +1.1% in April 2012, March Revised Lower</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gregg D. Killoren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Federal Reserve has reported that industrial production increased 1.1 percent in April. Output is now reported to have fallen 0.6 percent in March and to have moved up 0.4 percent in February; previously, industrial production was estimated to &#8230; <a href="http://rawfinanceblog.com/2012/05/16/u-s-industrial-production-1-1-in-april-2012-march-revised-lower/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rawfinanceblog.com&#038;blog=5015285&#038;post=6101&#038;subd=rawfinance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Purchase Mortgage Applications Down 2.4% in Week Ended May 11, 2012: MBA</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gregg D. Killoren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mortgage Bankers Association has reported that applications for mortgages to purchase a home declined 2.4 percent in the week ended May 11, 2012.  Nonetheless, a recent series of weekly increases has the four-week moving average up 1.57 percent. Thirty-year &#8230; <a href="http://rawfinanceblog.com/2012/05/16/purchase-mortgage-applications-down-2-4-in-week-ended-may-11-2012-mba/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rawfinanceblog.com&#038;blog=5015285&#038;post=6098&#038;subd=rawfinance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Building Permits Plunge 7.0%, Housing Starts +2.6% in April 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gregg D. Killoren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced that building permits in April 2012 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 715,000, down 7.0 percent from the revised March rate but up 23.7 &#8230; <a href="http://rawfinanceblog.com/2012/05/16/u-s-building-permits-plunge-7-0-housing-starts-2-6-in-april-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rawfinanceblog.com&#038;blog=5015285&#038;post=6094&#038;subd=rawfinance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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