U.S. construction spending during August came in below the July rate. But private sector employment increased from August to September.

The latest S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices show a continuing slowdown in U.S. home price increases. Fannie Mae reported that the serious delinquency rate for the single-family mortgages that it owns or guarantees declined slightly in August.

Personal income increased 0.3 percent in August. But NAR reported that its Pending Home Sales Index dropped the same month.

Real gross domestic product increased at an annualized rate of 4.6 percent during the second quarter of 2014. The final Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index for September has spiked compared to the end of August.

Nearly 950,000 U.S. homes returned to positive equity in the second quarter, but new orders for U.S. manufactured goods suffered a steep drop in August.

New home sales turned up unexpectedly, to a level of 504,000 units; and the American Institute of Architects’ billings index also increased.

Home prices were up 0.1 percent in July compared with June, the Federal Housing Finance Agency reported on Tuesday; travel on U.S. roads and streets increased 1.5 percent year over year in July, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Home sales dipped 1.8 percent in August, the National Association of Realtors reported, while the Chicago Fed’s growth index slipped into negative territory.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that only 15 states saw unemployment decrease in August. Also, according to a new report by the Federal Reserve, the net worth of U.S. households has increased to a new high.

The Census Bureau reported that housing starts are down in August, though up year-over-year. Also, the Bureau of Economic Analysis found that the U.S. current-account deficit decreased 3.5 percent quarter-over-quarter. Weekly unemployment claims are the lowest they have been in well over a decade.