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$7,500 Tax Credit Now Available to First-Time Home Buyers
Initial Jobless Claims Rise to 444k
Thursday's Events: ECB & BOE Rates, ADP Employment, ISM Services, Fed-Speak
Mortgage Rates are Mixed, but ARMs Nearly Disappear as Factor in Financing
Economists Say Fed's Beige Book is Downbeat, but No Regions in Outright Decline
MBA Mortgage Applications Move Up in Week Ending September 3
Wednesday's Events: BOC Rates; U.S. Factory Orders & Beige Book
CME Group Volumes Fell 32% in August
Tuesday's Events: EU PPI, UK Consumer Confidence, U.S. ISM Mfg Report
Fed's Kroszner Says Credit Turmoil Impairing Emerging Markets
Radar Logic Survey Says U.S. Housing Sector Will Weaken in 2009, Recover in 2011
What's Priced in: Current Market Expectations for Future Monetary Policy
Korean Development Bank in Talks to Buy Stake in Lehman
Construction Spending Drops in July
Fed's Hoenig Says Fed's Response to Crisis Makes Price Stability Difficult
PCE Report Points to Weak Third Quarter, Economists Say
Q2 Preliminary U.S. GDP Revised Up to 3.3%
Upward Revision to U.S. Q2 GDP Due to Exports and Tax Rebates
Thursday's Events: U.S. Prelim GDP, Jobless Claims
Wednesday's Events: German Inflation Data; U.S. Durable Goods, Oil Inventories
MBA Mortgage Applications Move Down in Week Ending August 22
Bankruptcy Filings Near 1 Million Mark, Up 29% on the Year
Fed's Lockhart Says House Prices May Fall Another 15%
FDIC's Problem Bank List Continues to Grow
Mortgage Rates Drop Slightly but Loan Applications Way Down from 2007 Levels
The Day Ahead: U.S. July New Home Sales, FOMC Minutes
New Home Sales Rise, but Downward Revisions to Prior Data
Case-Shiller U.S. Home Price Index Declines by 15.4% in Q2
Consumer Confidence Improves to 56.9 in August
U.S. House Prices Flat in June, Says OFHEO
Freddie and Fannie Buck Market Trend
Meeting Minutes Say FOMC's Stance Remains Neutral
Some Economists Find "Cheery Quality" to U.S. New Homes Sales Report
Fed's Fisher Says Growth Could Go Negative, but Focus Remains on Inflation
Lower Gas Prices Drove Rebound in U.S. Consumer Confidence Survey
Existing Home Sales Rise 3.1% to 5.00 Million in July
Fed's Plosser Could Vote for Rate Hikes, New York Times Reports
The Week Ahead: U.S. Housing Sales, Case-Shiller Home Prices
Jackson Hole "Didn't Settle a Whole Lot"
Existing Home Sales Don't Signal Market Normalization, Economists Say
Friday's Events: Fed's Bernanke to Speak on Financial Stability
Warren Buffet Says U.S. Economy Could be Worse off in Five Months
U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Fall Back to 432k
What's Priced In: Current Market Expectations for Future Monetary Policy
Thursday's Events: U.S. Jobless Claims, Philly Fed
Commercial Real Estate Prices Down for Fourth Straight Month, Moody's Says
In Face of Conflicting Economic Reports, Interest Rates Stand Pat
Fed's Stern Says Now Not "Appropriate Time" to Close Fannie, Freddie
Expect Two More 'Waves' of U.S. Foreclosures, Economist Warns
NAR Commercial Leading Indicator Weakens, Projecting Further Declines