On June 1 we pointed to three clear markers that signified the beginning of US economic recovery. As we enter July more and more economists are also reflecting on the signs that the US economy as a whole is returning to growth.
On Tuesday, Rebecca Wilder in her excellent blog “News N Economics,” reflected, “The [...]

Below is a short commentary on mortgage rates I received from Jackarine Ludwig of Aggregated Awareness:
The Mystery Behind the Parabolic Yield Curve is a nice report by Gary Dorsch, an American chartist I follow. Rarely does Australia get a mention in his reports. It is good that he’s done so now. His charts a good, [...]

As this recovery begins, all eyes will be on the housing markets as a gauge for just how strong this return to growth will be.
Of particular note is the jumbo mortgage market which is now springing back to life.
A jumbo mortgage is a home loan with a lending amount above the industry-standard definition of conventional [...]

Most people living in the US are fully aware that we are currently in the middle of a crisis. What kind of crisis is a more slippery sort of topic, but even the most optimistic (read: delusional) pundits tend to agree this crisis has something to do with money, and that it started a couple [...]