The Mortgage Bankers Association reported that its total Mortgage Applications Index increased 2.0% w/w (+68.9% y/y) in the week ending September 6, following 3.1% w/w and 6.2% w/w declines in the previous two weeks. Applications to [...]
Introducing
Sandy Batten
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Sandy Batten has more than 30 years of experience analyzing industrial economies and financial markets and a wide range of experience across the financial services sector, government, and academia. Before joining Haver Analytics, Sandy was a Vice President and Senior Economist at Citibank; Senior Credit Market Analyst at CDC Investment Management, Managing Director at Bear Stearns, and Executive Director at JPMorgan. In 2008, Sandy was named the most accurate US forecaster by the National Association for Business Economics. He is a member of the New York Forecasters Club, NABE, and the American Economic Association. Prior to his time in the financial services sector, Sandy was a Research Officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Senior Staff Economist on the President’s Council of Economic Advisors, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the US Treasury, and Economist at the International Monetary Fund. Sandy has taught economics at St. Louis University, Denison University, and Muskingun College. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in a wide range of academic publications. He has a B.A. in economics from the University of Richmond and a M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from The Ohio State University.
Publications by Sandy Batten
Global| Sep 11 2019U.S. Weekly Mortgage Loan Applications Rise As Rates Fall
by:Sandy Batten
|in:Economy in Brief
- Global| Sep 10 2019
U.S. Gasoline Prices Fall Further While Crude and Nat Gas Prices Rise
The U.S. pump price for gasoline slipped to $2.55 per gallon (-10.0% y/y) in the week ended September 9 from the prior week's $2.56 per gallon. Prices have fallen for eight consecutive weeks. Haver Analytics adjusts price figures for [...]
by:Sandy Batten
|in:Economy in Brief
- Global| Sep 10 2019
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These data are reported by the U.S. Department of Energy. The price data can be found in Haver's WEEKLY and DAILY databases. More detail on prices, as well as the demand, production and inventory data, including regional breakdowns, [...]
by:Sandy Batten
|in:Economy in Brief
- Global| Sep 10 2019
U.S. Gasoline Prices Fall Further While Crude and Nat Gas Prices Rise
The U.S. pump price for gasoline slipped to $2.55 per gallon (-10.0% y/y) in the week ended September 9 from the prior week's $2.56 per gallon. Prices have fallen for eight consecutive weeks. Haver Analytics adjusts price figures for [...]
by:Sandy Batten
|in:Economy in Brief
- Global| Sep 10 2019
U.S. Gasoline Prices Fall Further While Crude and Nat Gas Prices Rise
The U.S. pump price for gasoline slipped to $2.55 per gallon (-10.0% y/y) in the week ended September 9 from the prior week's $2.56 per gallon. Prices have fallen for eight consecutive weeks. Haver Analytics adjusts price figures for [...]
by:Sandy Batten
|in:Economy in Brief
- Global| Aug 29 2019
Q2 U.S. GDP Growth Revised Down Slightly; Profits Rebound
Gross domestic product, adjusted for price inflation, increased 2.0% q/q saar in 2019 Q2, revised down modestly from the initially reported 2.1%. This represents a slowdown from the 3.1% q/q increase in Q1. Compared with a year ago, [...]
by:Sandy Batten
|in:Economy in Brief
- Global| Aug 29 2019
Q2 U.S. GDP Growth Revised Down Slightly; Profits Rebound
Gross domestic product, adjusted for price inflation, increased 2.0% q/q saar in 2019 Q2, revised down modestly from the initially reported 2.1%. This represents a slowdown from the 3.1% q/q increase in Q1. Compared with a year ago, [...]
by:Sandy Batten
|in:Economy in Brief
- Global| Aug 28 2019
U.S. Weekly Mortgage Loan Applications Fall Again as Rates Tick Up
The Mortgage Bankers Association reported that its total Mortgage Applications Index fell 6.2% w/w (+67.5% y/y) during the week ending August 23, as mortgage interest rates ticked up, following a 0.9% w/w decline in the previous week. [...]
by:Sandy Batten
|in:Economy in Brief
The U.S. pump price for gasoline eased to $2.57 per gallon (-8.9% y/y) last week from the prior week's $2.60 per gallon. Prices have fallen for six consecutive weeks. Haver Analytics calculates a series which is adjusted for the [...]
by:Sandy Batten
|in:Economy in Brief
The U.S. pump price for gasoline eased to $2.57 per gallon (-8.9% y/y) last week from the prior week's $2.60 per gallon. Prices have fallen for six consecutive weeks. Haver Analytics calculates a series which is adjusted for the [...]
by:Sandy Batten
|in:Economy in Brief
- Global| Aug 23 2019
U.S. New Home Sales Disappoint in July But Large Upward Revision to June
New home sales declined 12.8% m/m (+4.3% y/y) in July to 635,000 (SAAR) from 728,000 in June, a massive upward revision from the initially reported 646,000. Sales in May were revised down slightly to 602,000 from 604,000. Sales of [...]
by:Sandy Batten
|in:Economy in Brief
- Global| Aug 15 2019
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The Empire State Manufacturing Index of General Business Conditions rose to 4.3 during July....... The Empire State figures are diffusion indexes, which are calculated by subtracting the percent of respondents reporting declines from [...]
by:Sandy Batten
|in:Economy in Brief
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