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A Case for More Housing Starts

Posted on August 27, 2012 in Economic and Housing & Construction.

To match the population-to-starts ratio from 1930 to 1945, housing would have to average 800,000 starts annually for the next 15 years, says FEA economist.

Home Sales Surge Upward

Posted on August 27, 2012 in Economic and Housing & Construction.

Sales of newly built, single-family homes rose 3.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 372,000 units in July from an upwardly revised pace in the previous month.

Small Business Optimism Drops

Posted on August 20, 2012 in Business and Economic.

Small business owners' optimism sank again in July as they expected sales to weaken in the coming months, according to the latest NFIB survey.

How Policymakers Have Failed on Unemployment

Posted on August 13, 2012 in Business and Economic.

For several years now, policymakers have been pursuing expansionary policy with the goal of significantly lower unemployment. Yet the wrong answer keeps popping up.

Wells Fargo's Economic Analysis

Posted on August 13, 2012 in Business, Economic and Housing & Construction.

This page contains Wells Fargo reports for the week of August 6 - August 12, 2012.

Housing Notable Exception to Recent Economic News

Posted on August 13, 2012 in Economic and Housing & Construction.

The housing market has been a notable exception to the recent run of disappointing economic news. While improvement was evident across every region, it was particularly pronounced in the West. 

Top 10: Best and Worst Places to Live in the Future

Posted on August 13, 2012 in Economic and Housing & Construction.

Gallup looks at which states will be the best places to live in the future, and which will be the worst.

Railways Point Towards Positive Housing

Posted on August 13, 2012 in Economic and Raw Materials.

Union Pacific Corp. is pulling rail cars from storage for the first time in four years to haul lumber for homebuilders, a welcome source of strength for an industry that’s bucking the effects of a slowing economy.

Reading Through the Rhetoric of Fiscal Policy

Posted on August 6, 2012 in Economic and Legislative.

Wells Fargo presents three reports to provide a primer on the U.S. fiscal situation that readers can use to evaluate campaign rhetoric about the subject.

Wells Fargo's Economic Analysis

Posted on August 6, 2012 in Economic.

This page contains Wells Fargo reports for the week of July 30 - August 5, 2012.