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• June 23, 2008 Update
  Credit, oil challenge stocks. Mortgage rates up, housing starts fall. Leading indicators improve again.
   
• June 16, 2008 Update
  CPI up, consumer sentiment down. "Unjustified" oil prices fall. Foreclosures up 48% from 5/07.
   
• June 9, 2008 Update
  Spike in joblessness. Bernanke: rates just fine. Factory orders rise.
   
• June 2, 2008 Update
  Inflation eases, spending increases. Is housing battling back? What oil didn’t do.
   
• May 26, 2008 Update
  A crude question. Resales dip downward. Leading indicators edge forward. Mixed inflation data. Market retreats.
   
• May 19, 2008 Update
  Oil climbs higher. Inflation reprieve in April. A jump in housing starts. Dip in retail, industrial sectors. Fannie Mae allows 3% down.
   
• May 12, 2008 Update
  How high can oil go? Deal on housing rescue plan? Trade deficit shrinks. Fed sees less emergency borrowing.
   
• May 5, 2008 Update
  Jobless claims shrink. Oil, gold recover some ground. Mortgages back above 6%.
   
• April 28, 2008 Update
  Tax rebates come early. New home sales dip 8.5%. Consumers glum. Hybrid sales up 38% in 2007.
   
• April 21, 2008 Update
  Dollar drops, recovers. Mixed inflation, production news. ARMs reset, foreclosures rise.
   
• April 14, 2008 Update
  Lowest CSI since 1982. Oil, gold, gas prices rise. Housing help coming?
   
• April 7, 2008 Update
  5.1% jobless rate. Mixed indicators. More cuts coming?
   
• March 31, 2008 Update
  Consumer spending nearly flat. Surprise! Home sales rise. Gold & silver gain, oil slips.
   
• March 24, 2008 Update
  Fed cuts, markets seesaw. Fed loans $28.8 billion. Mortgage rates plunge. Dollar up, gold & oil down.
   
• March 17, 2008 Update
  Fed’s surprise move lifts stocks. Hint of hope for housing sector? CPI flat, but retail sales down.
   
• March 10, 2008 Update
  Payrolls shrink... again. Home equity levels below 50%. Rising foreclosure rates.
   
• March 3, 2008 Update
  Personal spending, inflation rise. Is the housing slump deepening? Consumer sentiment at 16-year low.
   
• February 25, 2008 Update
  Fed forecast: gloomier. OK to sue your 401(k). David Walker resigns.
   
• February 18, 2008 Update
  Consumer confidence: 16-year low. Recession, or no recession? A retail sales recovery. Buffett’s big offer. 6 lenders agree to a freeze.
   
• February 11, 2008 Update
  Senate OKs stimulus plan. Service sector shrinks. 62 economists say: recession 50/50.
   
• February 4, 2008 Update
  Another rate cut. New home sales sank 26% in 2007.
   
• January 21, 2008 Update
  Bad numbers, big drop, bad mood. Consumer confidence up? Fewest housing starts since 1991.
   
• January 14, 2008 Update
  Goldman Sachs sees recession. BofA will buy Countrywide. Lowest mortgage rates in 2+ years. Precious metals shine.
   
• January 7, 2008 Update
  New year, weak numbers. Mortgage rates & mortgage apps down.
   

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