| | | May 15, 2024 / The Right News Right When It Happens | | Top Story | | | | Consumer Prices Rose 3.4% in April YOY | | Washington, DC, May 15, 2024-The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3% in April on a seasonally adjusted basis, after rising 0.4% in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. | | |
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| | Today's Flooring News | | | | Retail Sales Virtually Unchanged in April | | Washington, DC, May 15, 2024—Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for April 2024 were $705.2 billion, virtually unchanged from the previous month but up 3.0% above April 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. | | |
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| | | | Builder Confidence Declined 6 Points to 45 in May | | Washington, DC, May 15, 2024—Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes was 45 in May, down six points from April, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). | | |
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| | | | Construction Input Prices Rose 0.5% in April | | Washington, DC, May 15, 2024—Construction input prices increased 0.5% in April compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index data. | | |
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| | | Anatolia Earns Platinum in Canada’s Best Managed Companies | | Vaughan, ON, May 15, 2024-Anatolia was recognized for its performance, its global business practices, and its sustained growth by receiving the 2024 Platinum Status in Canada’s Best Managed Companies program. | | |
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| | | Mortgage Applications Rose 0.5% in Week Ending May 10 | | Washington, DC, May 15, 2024—Mortgage applications increased 0.5% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending May 10, 2024. | | |
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| | | Distrib. Trade Sales & Manu. Shipments Down 0.1% in March | | Washington, DC, May 15, 2024-The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for March was estimated at $1,858.0 billion, down 0.1% from February 2024 and was up 2.1% from March 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. | | |
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| Featured Video | | | | Kermit Baker Gives His Read on the Current State of the Economy | | May 15, 2024—Kermit Baker, Chief Economist with the American Institute of Architecture, and Kemp Harr discuss the current state to the economy a | | |
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