The Housing Chronicles Blog: BuilderBytes' MetroIntelligence Economic Update for 5/3/13

Friday, May 3, 2013

BuilderBytes' MetroIntelligence Economic Update for 5/3/13


Please click here to see the edition of BuilderBytes for 5/3/13 on the Web.

In this issue of the MetroIntelligence Economic Update, I covered the following indicators:
  • March construction spending dipped 1.7% from February to $856.7 billion
  • Private sector jobs grew by 119,000 positions from March to April
  • Planned job cuts fell to their lowest level since December during April
  • Initial unemployment claims fall by 18,000 in latest report
  • FOMC decides to keep interest rates low and maintain bond purchases
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