USD Pending home sales index, a gauge looking two months ahead, has jumped 6.3% from last month and is at it’s highest level in six months. There have been massive price declines in some areas and bargain hunters are beginning to pick up some of the fallout. Despite the rise, the index is down 13.1% from last year. However the forecast of existing home sales is that it will slow to $5.4million before rising in 2009. Last year the average was $5.65million. Higher home affordability should help to clear the inventory of unsold homes which is at a high of 11.2 months supply, but countering the lower home prices are the weakening employment figures and higher inflation created primarily by the increased oil price. Bernanke"s speech at 00:15 GMT resulted in the USD rising. He emphasized inflation concerns and played down growth worries and helped send 2-year Treasury yields above 2.95%. Events scheduled for today: 07:30 NFIB Index <p c...
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