News

Order Up!

Value of manufacturers’ new orders; not seasonally adjusted; $ in millions

Office-ially Occupying

(U.S. office market conditions*)

Moneyed Markets

(potential of households age 35-44 with an income of $200,000 or higher)  

Growth Story

(employed and unemployed persons by occupation; not seasonally adjusted; numbers in thousands)

New York Spotlight: Make Mine Manhattan

(top commercial sales in September 2014)

Ups and Downs

(CMBS delinquencies by property type; $ in billions)

Nearly Normal

(U.S. pricing per square foot; $ in thousands)

Economy Watch Weekly: Fed’s Statement on Interest Rates Unclear

Economy writer Dees Stribling offers his weekly roundup of indicators for the week ended Dec. 19.

Skanska Trades M-U Property in Seattle

National development company Skanska USA has sold its first Seattle property, Stone34, to a joint-venture buyer Unico Properties and the Laird Norton Co. for $70 million.

Economy Watch: Existing Home Sales, Chicago Fed National Activity Index, Philly Fed’s Coincident Indexes

Total existing-home sales fell in November by 6 percent compared with October. The Chicago Fed National Activity Index rose to +0.73 in November from +0.31 in October. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia reported that its coincident indexes increased in 44 states.