Tag Archives: GDP

The housing market might have had a rough start to the year, but according to Fannie Mae’s Economic and Housing Outlook released on Monday, this quarter seems to be a temporary headwind as a stimulative fiscal policy is expected to ...

Mortgage rates and home sales are expected to rise in 2018 according to the latest economic and housing outlook by Fannie Mae. The report expects mortgage rates to rise 30 basis points to 4.4 percent by the end of 2018 ...

Unemployment, exchange rates, prices, income, and interest rates are some of the economic factors that will reveal whether banks in the U.S. are armed with robust capital planning processes and sufficient capital to continue operations during times of economic or financial ...

There has been much speculation regarding the future of the Federal Reserve and the Federal Open Market Committee. Depending on the future decisions of the administration, what might a shift in monetary policy look like?

According to estimates by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, GDP growth was stagnant in Q1 2017, not meeting the expectations of Wall Street, experts say that this may be an inflection point for the economy. Healthier business investment during the quarter indicated that the overall economy was performing better than the headline numbers would suggest.

Two federal banks are forecasting a slowdown in GDP growth this quarter, with the Atlanta Fed predicting it to hit its lowest point in three years. The drop is a result of reduced consumer spending, the Fed reported. Predicted GDP growth has decreased significantly since the start of the year.

Mortgage debt’s share of total GDP experienced frequent growth culminating in the housing bubble peak and consequently, has been on a steep decline since the bubble burst. The good news is decline has been slowing in recent quarters.

The third and final estimate for Q1’s GDP went up, and housing’s share of the GDP went up right along with it.

The GDP improved somewhat in the second Q1 estimate; will the employment situation released on Friday show enough economic improvement for a June rate hike by the Fed?

While nearly everyone was expecting weak GDP growth for the first quarter, the advance estimate reported weaker growth than what was expected.