The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index rose 1.3% in April versus March, but was down 1.9% year over year. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index for June fell to 62.0 the lowest level

The Labor Department reported that the Unemployment Rate remained at 9.1% in September. Meanwhile the economy added 103,000 jobs, which was better than expected, but below levels of enough job

Challenger, Grey and Christmas reported that planned layoffs rose to 115,730 in September to levels not seen since April 2009. ADP reported to the contrary that the private sector added 91,000

New Home Sales fell 2.3% in August to an annual rate of just 295,000 units. The inventory of new homes fell to another new record low of 162,000 units. The price of a new home fell 7.7% year over

The S&P/Case–Shiller 20-City Home Price Index rose by 1% in May, but showed a year over year decline of 4.5%. The Conference Board’s measure of Consumer Confidence remains weak in July at