The Housing Chronicles Blog: BuilderBytes' MetroIntelligence Economic Update for 10/8/12

Monday, October 8, 2012

BuilderBytes' MetroIntelligence Economic Update for 10/8/12

Please click here to see the edition of BuilderBytes for 10/8/12 on the Web.

In this issue of the MetroIntelligence Economic Update, I covered the following indicators:
  • Unemployment rate dips to 7.8% in September as 114,000 jobs are added
  • FOMC minutes for September reveal reasons for QE3
  • Factory orders fell by 5.2% in August following 2.6% rise in July
  • Mortgage applications jump by nearly 17% as rates dip lower
  • Improving markets index rises to 103 in October
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