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Ironically, just when most Americans were preparing to kick off their Labor Day Weekend, we were given the alarming news that NO new net jobs were created in the month of August.  Happy Labor… Read more

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Last week mortgage applications rose a whopping 21.7% from the previous week according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey.  Great news for the industry… Read more

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Contributed by the Consumer Metrics Institute Included in the BEA’s first (“Advance”) estimate of second quarter 2011 GDP were significant downward revisions to previously published data, some… Read more