While Housing Starts reflect real commitments from home builders, there is another index that asks builders to rate housing conditions and the general economy.

The December Manufacturing ISM Report On Business was the latest indicator suggesting that the U.S. manufacturing sector,,,

The Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index is the nation’s only collection of public, freely available house price indexes that measure changes in single-family home values…

The current account measures the United States’ international trade balance in goods, services, and unilateral transfers and is reported by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis on a quarterly basis.

The Conference Board was founded in 1916 by a group of CEOs “concerned about the impact of workplace issues on business, and with a desire for greater cooperation and knowledge sharing among businesses.

U.S. equity markets turned in a mixed week, with the mega-cap DJIA (-1.4%) and the smaller-cap Russell 2000 (-2.8%) book-ending the large-cap S&P 500 (+0.3%) and the technology-heavy NASDAQ (+1.2%)

There are over 30 million small businesses in the United States, according to the Small Business Administration and small businesses comprise about 99% of all U.S. businesses.

According to the University of Michigan’s Consumer Survey Center, consumer sentiment remained virtually unchanged, gaining just 0.3 index points, and just 0.1 index points…

On Tuesday, October 26th, the Conference Board reported that its Consumer Confidence Index increased in October, after falling for the previous three months.

Single-family housing production remained steady in September as strong demand helped offset rising building material prices exacerbated by supply chain disruptions, especially with lumber.