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ECONOMIC REPORT
By Rex Nutting, MarketWatch Last Update: 9:14 AM ET Nov 29, 2007
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. economy expanded at the fastest pace in four years during the third quarter, growing at a real annual rate of 4.9%, the Commerce Department said Thursday in making its second estimate of growth for the three-month period. The upward revision to gross domestic product, in line with Wall Street expectations, was due to larger inventory building and a better trade balance. See Economic Calendar. A month ago, the government pegged third-quarter GDP at 3.9%. The government publishes three estimates of GDP, adding more complete information with each passing month. Real GDP has increased 2.8% in the past year, close to the economy's long-run potential. Read the full government release. Growth wasn't balanced in the third quarter, nearly half of which came from inventory building and an improvement in the trade balance. "On a sour note, stronger growth in the third quarter implies weaker growth in the fourth quarter due to a partial payback in both trade and inventories," wrote economists for Lehman Bros. ahead of the release. Lehman's forecasting growth of just 0.8% in the current quarter. In a separate report Thursday, the Labor Department said initial claims for unemployment benefits shot higher by 23,000 last week, to a total of 352,000, while the number of people receiving benefits rose to a two-year high. See full story. In the GDP report, housing remained a severe drag on growth in the third quarter, subtracting a full percentage point from the growth rate. It was the seventh straight quarter that housing contracted. Consumer spending was revised slightly lower, growing at a 2.7% pace, while business investments were revised slightly higher to a 9.4% pace. Final worldwide sales of domestic product increased 3.9%, but domestic demand was weaker, growing at a 2.4% pace. Consumer inflation was unrevised at 1.7%, within the Federal Reserve's target zone. Core prices, which exclude food and energy, increased at a 1.8% annual rate. Core prices are up 1.9% in the past year. Meanwhile, corporate profits fell by $19.3 billion, or 1.2% at a quarterly rate, in the third quarter, after a $94.7 billion increase in the second quarter, the government said. The decline in profits doesn't include massive write-downs taken by banks to account for losses in subprime mortgages and related derivatives, which are treated as losses on the balance sheet, not in losses in profits from current production. The strong third-quarter growth is ancient history as far as the Fed policymakers are concerned. The central bank is focused on a very uncertain future as the nation's economy navigates through the housing collapse, dysfunctional credit markets, high commodity prices and a weaker dollar. The Fed is expected to cut its overnight interest rate target again on Dec. 11. The target rate now stands at 4.50%. See full story. Details As revised, nominal GDP for the third quarter increased 5.9% to $13.97 billion annualized, up from 4.7% previously. The GDP price index, which is used to adjust GDP for inflation, rose 0.9%, the smallest gain in nine years. Because of the way in the price index is constructed, it likely understates real-world inflation, and thus overstates real growth. Consumer spending increased at a 2.7% pace, revised down from 3%. It grew 1.4% in the second quarter. Consumer spending contributed 1.9 percentage points to growth. Residential investments fell 19.7%, revised from 20.1%. They fell 11.8% in the second quarter. They subtracted one percentage point from growth. Business investments rose 9.4%, revised from 7.9%. They grew 11% in the second quarter. They added a percentage point to growth. Investments in structures increased 14.3%, and investments in equipment and software rose 7.2%. Government spending increased 3.9%, revised from 3.7%. It grew 4.1% in the second quarter. It added 0.75 of a percentage point to growth. Inventories increased by $32.9 billion, revised from $15.7 billion. Inventories added one percentage point to growth. Exports grew 18.9%, revised from 16.2%. They increased 7.5% in the second quarter. Imports grew 4.3%, revised from 5.2%. They fell 2.7% in the second quarter. Net exports contributed 1.4 percentage points to growth. Real disposable incomes increased at a 4.4% annual rate in the quarter, unrevised. But second-quarter wages were revised lower by $44.8 billion. As a result, real disposable incomes fell 0.8% in the second quarter, instead of rising 0.6% as the Commerce Department had previously reported. 
Rex Nutting is Washington bureau chief of MarketWatch.
ECONOMIC REPORT
By Robert Schroeder, MarketWatch Last Update: 8:51 AM ET Nov 29, 2007
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- In a possible sign of a weakening labor market, the number of Americans receiving state jobless benefits rose to a nearly two-year high in the latest week, the government said Thursday.
Continuing jobless claims rose by 112,000 in the week ending Nov. 17, to 2.66 million, the highest mark since Dec. 24, 2005, the Labor Department said. Initial jobless claims also shot up in the latest week, the data show. Those claims rose by 23,000 to 352,000 during the week ending Nov. 24, their highest level since Feb. 10. The four-week moving averages for both initial claims and continuing claims also edged up in the latest surveys. The four-week average of initial claims rose by 5,750 to 335,250, the highest since March 3. The continuing claims average climbed by 20,500 to 2.59 million. That number was the highest since Jan. 1, 2006. Economists say the averages are a better indicator because they smooth out one-time events like holidays or strikes. A Labor Department official noted "no special factors" in the latest data. Initial claims represent job destruction, while the level of continuing claims show how hard or easy it is for displaced workers to find new jobs. An increase in claims is a leading indicator of an economic slowdown, and analysts have been watching the claims data closely. The insured unemployment rate, representing the portion of all workers covered by unemployment insurance who are collecting benefits, also crept up for the week ending Nov. 17, to 2.0% from 1.9%. In a separate report, the Commerce Department estimated that third-quarter gross domestic product grew at a 4.9% annual pace, the fastest growth in four years. See full story. 
Robert Schroeder is a reporter for MarketWatch in Washington.
By Robert Schroeder Last Update: 10:09 AM ET Nov 29, 2007
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Home prices fell 0.4% in the third quarter, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight reported Thursday. It's the first quarterly decline in almost 13 years.
Economists surveyed by MarketWatch were expecting the index to climb by 0.4%.
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By Michelle Donley Last Update: 10:17 AM ET Nov 29, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- U.S. fixed-rate mortgages fell again in the latest week, according to Freddie Mac's survey released Thursday. The national average interest rate on the benchmark 30-year, fixed-rate loan averaged 6.10% in the week ending Thursday; it hasn't been lower since the week ended Oct. 13, 2005, when it averaged 6.03%. The current rate is down from 6.20% a week ago and 6.14% a year ago.
The 15-year fixed-rate loan averaged 5.73%, down from 5.83% a week ago and 5.87% a year ago. The five-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage averaged 5.86%, compared with 5.88% a week ago and 5.95% a year ago. "Interest rates for U.S. Treasury securities have been drifting lower this month over market concerns that the housing slump and stress in the credit markets could slow future economic growth," said Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac vice president and chief economist. "As a result, interest rates for fixed-rate mortgages had room to slip lower this week." 
ECONOMIC REPORT
By Rex Nutting, MarketWatch Last Update: 10:34 AM ET Nov 29, 2007
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Builders slashed prices at the fastest pace in 26 years in October, boosting sales of new homes from a much lower level of September sales than was originally reported, according to Commerce Department data released Thursday. Sales rose 1.7% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 728,000 last month from a revised 716,000 in September, which was a 11-year low. September's sales pace had originally been reported as 770,000.
August's sales were also revised sharply lower to 717,000, down from 735,000 estimated a month ago and from 795,000 estimated in the first release. The large revisions highlight the low confidence that government statisticians have in the monthly report. The standard error in October was plus or minus 11%. Read the full government report.
Longer-term trends do a better job of showing the reality of the housing market than volatile monthly numbers. The government says it can take up to five months to establish a new trend in sales. Sales are down 23.5% in the past year -- a vivid reflection of the carnage in the home-building industry. And over the past five months, sales have been on a 751,000-unit annual pace, 25% slower than a year earlier. In 2006, 1.05 million new homes were sold. Despite the small rise, the October sales pace was weaker than the 740,000 derived in a survey of economists by MarketWatch. See Economic Calendar.
Meanwhile, the September-to-October median sales price fell 8.6% to $217,800 -- the biggest monthly price drop in 16 years. Median sales prices are down 13% in the past year, marking the biggest year-over-year decline in 37 years. The average sales price, by contrast, is down just 0.3% in the past year, illustrating how sales of homes with higher price points have held up. Indeed, the number of homes selling for $200,000 to $300,000 dropped by 37% last month, while the number of homes selling for less than $200,000 rose by 37%.
The number of homes selling for more than $300,000 rose by 10%.
The inventory of unsold homes fell 6.7% to 516,000, representing an 8.5-month supply. The inventory peaked at 9.3 months in August. Builders have cut back production of new homes by 23% from a year ago, but the number of completed homes that have yet to be sold rose again in October to 191,000.
On Wednesday, the National Association of Realtors said the inventory of existing homes for sale rose to 22-year high, despite a record decline in the median sales price. Sales fell to the lowest level since the group began tracking combined single-family and condominium sales in 1999. See full story.
In another report released Thursday, the Labor Department said continuing claims for unemployment benefits rose to two-year high, while first-time claims climbed to the highest level since February, further indications of a weakening labor market. See full story.
And the Commerce Department revised its estimate for third-quarter growth to 4.9% from 3.9%. Economists expect much slower growth in the current quarter. See full story. 
Rex Nutting is Washington bureau chief of MarketWatch.
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