Economic Snapshot for 11.17.10

MBA Purchase Applications

Released on 11/17/2010 7:00:00 AM For wk11/12, 2010
                                                Prior        Actual
Composite Index - W/W Change   5.8 %    -14.4 %
Purchase Index - W/W Change     5.5 %      -5.0 %
Refinance Index - W/W Change    6.0 %    -16.5 %
By ECONODAY
An uptick in interest rates caused the slowdown in mortgage activity.


Consumer Price Index

Released on 11/17/2010 8:30:00 AM For Oct, 2010
                            Prior       Consensus       Range         Actual
CPI - M/M change 0.1 %        0.4 %      0.1 % to 0.4 %  0.2 %
CPI less f & e        0.0 %       0.1 %      0.0 % to 0.2 %  0.0 %
Higher energy prices were behind 0.2% gain, which was below expectations.
By ECONODAY

Housing Starts

Released on 11/17/2010 8:30:00 AM For Oct, 2010
                                   Prior           Consensus            Consensus Range           Actual
Starts - Level -   SAAR 0.610 M          0.590 M           0.570 M to 0.625 M       0.519 M
Permits - Level - SAAR 0.539 M                                                                   0.550 M
By ECONODAY





By ECONODAY

Data From 11.15.10

                                                   Prior    Consensus  Consensus Range    Actual

Retail Sales -              M/M change  0.6 %      0.7 %     0.4 % to 1.0 %     1.2 %
Retail Sales less autos - M/M change 0.4 %    0.4 %     0.2 % to 1.0 %      0.4 %

 
                                                            Prior    Consensus   Range       Actual

General Business Conditions Index - Level 15.73     15.0        9.0 to 18.0    -11.1

                                     Prior           Consensus       Range             Actual

Inventories - M/M change 0.6 %            0.9 %      0.4 % to 1.0     % 0.9 %