It's Jobless Thursday, and initial jobless claims fell by 5,000 to 457,000, which is less bad, you need to be under 400K for any real job growth, and the less volatile 4 week moving average fell, though continuing claims fell slightly.
Meanwhile, the CPI was flat in February, with a 0.1% increase in the core inflation rate, which omits food and energy.
In real estate, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate is basically unchanged, at 4.96%.
It will start going up once the TALF expires in a few months.
Finally, oil fell and the dollar rose, probably as a correction for the large swings in response to yesterday's Federal Reserve statement.
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