TOKYO, Sept 30 - Housing starts in Japan fell 38.3 percent in August from a year earlier, government data showed on Wednesday, a bigger drop than a median market forecast for a 31.8 percent slide....
* Housing starts, permits highest in nine months * Weekly jobless claims fall by 12,000 last week * Number of workers on long-term jobless benefits rise WASHINGTON, Sept 17 - Groundbreaking for U.S. homes and...
* Weekly jobless claims fall by 12,000 last week * Number of workers on long-term jobless benefits rise * Housing starts, permits highest in nine months WASHINGTON, Sept 17 - New U.S. housing starts and...
WASHINGTON, Sept 17 - New U.S. housing starts and permits rose in August to their highest level since November, lifted by a rebound in multifamily homes, a government report showed on Thursday. The Commerce Department...
TOKYO, Aug 31 - Housing starts in Japan fell 32.1 percent in July from a year earlier, government data showed on Monday, a bigger drop than a median market forecast for a 30.9 percent slide....
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, August 27 - Activity in the U.S. housing market has bottomed - a huge plus for the economy - but a...
CHICAGO, Aug 25 - Larger-than-expected gains in U.S. housing prices and consumer confidence on Tuesday lent new weight to views that the economy is emerging from the longest recession since the 1930s. U.S. single-family home...
WASHINGTON, Aug 25 - An improvement in the U.S. economic picture was helping to heal the housing market, a White House official said on Tuesday, dismissing suggestions a tax incentive for first-time buyers was the...
* US dollar near 2009 vs euro after better US housing data * Softer stocks, oil encourage some profit-taking * Aussie edges lower from 10-month highs after RBA * Caution ahead of ECB, BoE decisions,...
WASHINGTON, July 30 - The House passed a bill for a sweeping reform of the U.S. food safety system, a vote immediately praised by President Barack...