Market Update Report 9/10/2015

The KUIK Market Update for Thursday, September 10:
Markets are up.
Index Direction Change Units Time Change
Dow Up                     73  points           16,327 8:13 AM
S&P500 Up 0.4% percent             1,950       7.54
Nasdaq Composite Up 0.7% percent             4,789      32.79
30 Year Treasury Up                       4 Basis Points               2.98 Annual Yield
New applications for unemployment benefits in the first week of September fell by 6,000 to 275,000, according to the Labor Department. That met expectations. Continuing claims increased by 1000 to 2.26 million in the week ended August 29.
Freddie Mac reports the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage  averaged 3.90% for the week ending today, up slightly from last week’s 3.89%. A year ago it was 4.12%. The 15-year fixed averaged 3.10% up from last week’s 3.09%. A year ago it was 3.26%.
The Labor department reports the prices the U.S. paid for imported goods fell by 1.8% in August, the biggest decline since the start of the year. Oil prices fell again and the strong dollar made foreign products cheaper . Excluding fuel, U.S. import prices declined by a 0.4%. The price of U.S.-made goods exported to other nationsfell 1.4%.
Serving the West Side first, I am Bill Roller of BR Capital for 1360 KUIK.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-jobless-claims-drop-6000-to-275000-layoffs-low-2015-09-10
http://freddiemac.mwnewsroom.com/press-releases/fixed-mortgage-rates-largely-unchanged-otcqb-fmcc-1216705
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-import-prices-sink-18-in-august-down-114-in-past-year-2015-09-10?dist=lcountdown
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