MBA REFINANCE INDEX
A weekly measurement that forecasts mortgage activity and loan prepayments based on the submitted number of mortgage refinance applications. Conducted by Mortgage Bankers Association, the index is released every Wednesday. The number of refinance loans that has closed are not included in the index. Also, the report has the new weekly index number and percentage change from the previous week’s figures, as well as the index’s four-week moving average.
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HP
A data-smoothing technique that is commonly applied to remove short-term fluctuations that are associated with the business cycle, thereby revealin ...
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| Time | Country | Indices | Period |
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| 09:00 | Unemployment Rate | 1 quarter | |
| 12:00 | CBI retail sales volume balance | Apr | |
| 01:01 | BRC Shop Price Index | Apr | |
| 04:05 | RBA Assistant Governor Christopher Kent Speaks | ||
| 08:00 | GfK Consumer Climate | Apr | |
| 09:00 | CPI | Apr | |
| 09:00 | GDP | 1 quarter | |
| 10:00 | Private Sector Credit | Mar | |
| 10:00 | M3 Money Supply | Mar |
