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The best way to avoid a possible inversion of the bond market yield curve would be for the Federal Reserve to be cautious about raising the policy rate during 2018, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said Friday in a speech in Little Rock, Ark. The yield curve has gotten considerably flatter under Fed Chairwoman
READ MOREConsumer spending rose a steady 0.3% in October following a nearly 1% gain in the prior month that was the largest in eight years. Economists polled had forecast a 0.2% increase. Personal income rose 0.4% for the second month in a row. The savings rate, meanwhile, edged up to 3.2% from 3%. Savings had fallen
READ MOREPending-home sales jumped 3.5% in October, but remained 0.6% lower than a year ago, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday. The pending-home sales index tracks real estate transactions in which a contract has been signed, but the deal has not yet been closed. Economists surveyed had forecast a 1% increase for the index in
READ MOREThe U.S. economy’s pace of growth in the third quarter was raised to 3.3% from 3% under the government’s latest revision to gross domestic product. How good is that? It’s the fastest spurt of U.S. growth in three years. More good news: Adjusted pretax corporate profits rose 4.3% to an annualized $2.22 trillion, marking the
READ MOREWashington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced the maximum conforming loan limits for mortgages to be acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2018. In most of the U.S., the 2018 maximum conforming loan limit for one-unit properties will be $453,100, an increase from $424,100 in 2017. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
READ MOREConsumer confidence surged yet again in November, with the index jumping to 129.5 from 125.9 in October, the Conference Board said Tuesday. That’s the highest reading since November 2000 and easily exceeded the 124.8 forecast of economists polled had forecast a reading of 124.8.
READ MOREThe S&P/Case-Shiller national index rose a seasonally adjusted 0.7% during the three-month period ending in September, and was up 6.2% compared to the same period a year ago. The 20-city index rose a seasonally adjusted 0.5% for the month and 6.2% for the year.
READ MORENew-home sales surged to a decade high in October, running at a 685,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate that was 6.2% higher than a downwardly-revised September pace.
READ MOREStocks opened little changed Wednesday, a day after all three major indexes closed at records, as investors awaited minutes of the Federal Reserve’s November meeting and digested the latest round of economic data. Trade was expected to be thin ahead of the Thanksgiving Day holiday on Thursday and an abbreviated market session on Friday.
READ MOREInitial jobless claims, a tool to measure U.S. layoffs, fell by 13,000 to 239,000 in the week ended Nov. 18. That’s below the 240,000 estimate of economists polled. The more stable monthly average of claims rose 1,250 to 239,750, the government said Wednesday. The number of people already collecting unemployment benefits, known as continuing claims,
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