ABA: Report Shows Credit Market Conditions Rebound for Consumers and Businesses
The chief economists of North America’s largest banks see improvement in business and consumer credit market conditions over the next six months, according to a new quarterly report from the American Bankers Association. The Q1 2021 ABA Credit Conditions Outlook highlights the results of the ABA Credit Conditions Index. The report represents a suite of indices…
HUD and Census Bureau: New Residential Sales Report for December 2020
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census Bureau jointly announced the following new residential sales statistics for December 2020: New Home Sales Sales of new single-family houses in December 2020 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 842,000. This is 1.6 percent (±15.8 percent)* above the revised November…
Census Bureau: Data on Minority-Owned, Veteran-Owned, and Women-Owned Businesses Released
The U.S. Census Bureau today released new estimates on the characteristics of employer businesses. According to the 2019 Annual Business Survey (ABS), covering reference year 2018, approximately 18.3% (1.0 million) of all U.S. businesses were minority-owned and about 19.9% (1.1 million) of all businesses were owned by women. Additional statistics released include: In the United States, the…
Census Bureau: Household Pulse Survey Phase 3 Biweekly Data Released
The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the extension of the third phase of the experimental Household Pulse Survey. The extension includes intent-to-vaccinate and stimulus payment questions. The Household Pulse Survey is the result of an effort by the Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies to document temporal trends in how individuals are experiencing…
FHFA: House Price Index Up 1.0 Percent in November; Up 11.0 Percent from Last Year
House prices rose nationwide in November, up 1.0 percent from the previous month, according to the latest Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (FHFA HPI®). House prices rose 11.0 percent from November 2019 to November 2020. The previously reported 1.5 percent price change for October 2020 remained unchanged. For the nine census divisions, seasonally adjusted monthly house price…
Census Bureau: Small Business Pulse Survey Phase 3 Weekly Data Released
The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the third phase of the Small Business Pulse Survey. Data collection began November 9, 2020. Results will be released weekly starting November 19, 2020, through January 14, 2021. No changes were made to the questionnaire for this phase. Data are available through the Small Business Pulse Survey Interactive…
ABA: Bank Economists See Strengthening Economic Recovery Ahead
The U.S economy will grow at a robust pace of about 4% over the four quarters of 2021, the strongest growth in nearly two decades after the deepest recession since the Great Depression, according to the latest forecast of the American Bankers Association’s Economic Advisory Committee. However, the economy remains in the grip of the…
Census Bureau: Small Business Pulse Survey Phase 3 Weekly Data Released
The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the third phase of the Small Business Pulse Survey. Data collection began November 9, 2020. Results will be released weekly starting November 19, 2020, through January 14, 2021. No changes were made to the questionnaire for this phase. Data are available through the Small Business Pulse Survey Interactive…
Census Bureau: Household Pulse Survey Phase 3 Biweekly Data Released
The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the third phase of the experimental Household Pulse Survey. The Household Pulse Survey is the result of an effort by the Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies to document temporal trends in how individuals are experiencing business curtailment and closures, stay-at-home orders, school closures, changes in the…
Census Bureau: Household Pulse Survey Phase 3 Biweekly Data Release Extended through March 2021
The U.S. Census Bureau today launched an extension of the third phase of the experimental Household Pulse Survey with a slightly revised questionnaire that includes questions about intent to vaccinate. Questions related to stimulus payments have also been resumed. The Household Pulse Survey is the result of an effort by the Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies…