MBA Mortgage Applications (week ended 2/5/2021)

- Purchase Index week/week -5.0% .  Previous weeks were +0.1%, -4.0%, 3.0%, +8.0%, -0.8% -5.0%, +2.0%, -5.0%, 9.9%, +4.0%, +4.0%, 3.0%, -1.0%, and +0.2%.

- Refinance Index week/week -4.0%.  Previous weeks  11.0%, -5.5%, -5.0%, +20.0%,  -6.0%, +4.0%, +1.0%, +2.0%, -5.0%, +3.8%, -2.0%, +1.0%, +6.0%, and +3.0%

- Composite Index week/week -4.1%.  Previous weeks were 8.1%, -4.1%, -1,9%, +16.7%, -4.2%, +0.8%. +1.1%, -1.2%, -0.6%, 5.0%, -0.3%,  -0.5%, +3.8%, +1.7%, and -0.6%.

Source:  MBA   Details: https://www.mba.org/2021-press-releases/february/mortgage-applications-decrease-in-latest-mba-weekly-survey

 

CPI (January 2021)

- CPI - month/month  0.3%. Previous was +0.2%

- CPI year/year     1.4%. Previous was +1.4%

- Ex-Food & Energy month/month     0.0%. Previous was 0.0%

- Ex-Food & Energy year/year        1.4%. Previous was +1.6%

Core inflation is zero.

Source:  BLS  Derails: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm

 

Wholesale Inventories - Preliminary (December 2020)

- Month over Month  +0.3%. Previous was 0,0%

This is a component of 4thQ GDP.

Source:  Census  Details: https://www.census.gov/wholesale/pdf/mwts/currentwhl.pdf