BuilderBytes' MetroIntelligence Economic Update for 4/17/15

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In this issue of the MetroIntelligence Economic Update, I covered the following indicators:

• Housing starts rose 2.0 percent in March to 926,000 pace
• Building permits fell 5.7 percent in March, but still above 1 million-unit annual pace since last July
• Initial unemployment claims rise by 12,000 in latest report, but 4-week average almost flat
• Empire State Manufacturing Survey shows flat business activity in April
• Phildalphia Fed's Business Outlook Survey rose modestly in April
• Mortgage applications fall 2.3 percent in latest survey

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