by Calculated Risk on 9/30/2022 09:14:00 PM
Friday, September 30, 2022
COVID Sept 30, 2022, Update on Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths
NOTE: Starting next week, COVID stats will be updated only on Fridays.
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
COVID Metrics | ||||
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Now | Week Ago | Goal | ||
New Cases per Day2 | 45,725 | 54,205 | ≤5,0001 | |
Hospitalized2 | 23,052 | 25,159 | ≤3,0001 | |
Deaths per Day2 | 325 | 376 | ≤501 | |
1my goals to stop daily posts, 27-day average for Cases, Currently Hospitalized, and Deaths 🚩 Increasing 7-day average week-over-week for Cases, Hospitalized, and Deaths ✅ Goal met. |
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This graph shows the daily (columns) and 7-day average (line) of deaths reported.
Fannie Mae: Mortgage Serious Delinquency Rate Decreased in August
by Calculated Risk on 9/30/2022 04:11:00 PM
Fannie Mae reported that the Single-Family Serious Delinquency decreased to 0.72% in August from 0.76% in July. The serious delinquency rate is down from 1.79% in August 2021. This is almost back to pre-pandemic levels.
These are mortgage loans that are "three monthly payments or more past due or in foreclosure".
The Fannie Mae serious delinquency rate peaked in February 2010 at 5.59% following the housing bubble and peaked at 3.32% in August 2020 during the pandemic.
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By vintage, for loans made in 2004 or earlier (1% of portfolio), 2.48% are seriously delinquent (down from 2.60% in July).
Mortgages in forbearance were counted as delinquent in this monthly report, but they were not reported to the credit bureaus.
Freddie Mac reported earlier.
Goldman Sees US House Prices Falling 5% to 10%
by Calculated Risk on 9/30/2022 01:47:00 PM
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Goldman See US House Prices Falling 5% to 10%
Excerpt:
The recent weakness in the housing market, combined with mortgage rates close to 7%, have led to some downwards revisions to house price forecasts. For example, from Goldman Sachs economists today:Our G10 home price model suggests sizable nominal home prices declines from the peak of around 15% in Canada, 5-10% in the US, and under 5% in the UK. … We view the risks to these estimates as tilted to the downsideThis is a significant downgrade from Goldman’s “stall” forecast from just a few weeks ago. ...
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It now appears house prices are falling even though inventory levels are still historically fairly low (by measures of active inventory or months of supply). ... Here is a look at existing home months-of-supply (inverted, from the NAR) vs. the seasonally adjusted month-to-month price change in the Case-Shiller National Index (both since January 1999 through July 2022). Note that the months-of-supply is not seasonally adjusted.
The last three months are in black showing a possible shift in the relationship.
Q3 GDP Tracking: 1% to 2% Range
by Calculated Risk on 9/30/2022 01:13:00 PM
From BofA:
Overall, the data since our last weekly publication and our updated assumptions on trade boosted our 3Q US GDP tracking from 0.8% q/q saar to 1.5% q/q saar. [September 30th estimate]From Goldman:
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Following this morning’s data and yesterday’s revisions, we have lowered our Q3 GDP tracking forecast by 0.5pp to +0.9% (qoq ar). [September 30th estimate]And from the Altanta Fed: GDPNow
The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the third quarter of 2022 is 2.4 percent on September 30, up from 0.3 percent on September 27. After recent releases from the US Bureau of Economic Analysis and the US Census Bureau, the nowcasts of third-quarter personal consumption expenditures growth and third-quarter gross private domestic investment growth increased from 0.4 percent and -7.6 percent, respectively, to 1.0 percent and -4.2 percent, respectively, while the nowcast of the contribution of net exports to first-quarter real GDP growth increased from 1.10 percentage points to 2.20 percentage points. [September 30th estimate]
Realtor.com Reports Weekly Active Inventory Up 29% Year-over-year; New Listings Down 10%
by Calculated Risk on 9/30/2022 09:48:00 AM
Realtor.com has monthly and weekly data on the existing home market. Here is their weekly report released yesterday from Chief Economist Danielle Hale and Jiayi Xu: Weekly Housing Trends View — Data Week Ending Sep 24, 2022. Note: They have data on list prices, new listings and more, but this focus is on inventory.
• Active inventory continued to grow, and improved 29% above one year ago. Financial conditions are changing the balance of sellers and buyers in the housing market with more homes for-sale compared to one year ago. Still, the market is still not back to pre-pandemic inventory levels.Here is a graph of the year-over-year change in inventory according to realtor.com.
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• New listings–a measure of sellers putting homes up for sale–were again down, dropping 10% from one year ago. This week marks the twelfth straight week of year over year declines in the number of new listings coming up for sale.
Note the rapid increase in the YoY change earlier this year, from down 30% at the beginning of the year, to up 29% YoY at the beginning of July.
Personal Income increased 0.3% in August; Spending increased 0.4%
by Calculated Risk on 9/30/2022 08:39:00 AM
The BEA released the Personal Income and Outlays, August 2022 and Annual Update report:
Personal income increased $71.6 billion (0.3 percent) in August, according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI) increased $67.6 billion (0.4 percent) and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $67.5 billion (0.4 percent).The August PCE price index increased 6.2 percent year-over-year (YoY), down from 6.4 percent YoY in July.
The PCE price index increased 0.3 percent. Excluding food and energy, the PCE price index increased 0.6 percent. Real DPI increased 0.1 percent in August and Real PCE increased 0.1 percent; goods decreased 0.2 percent and services increased 0.2 percent.
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The following graph shows real Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) through August 2022 (2012 dollars). Note that the y-axis doesn't start at zero to better show the change.
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The dashed red lines are the quarterly levels for real PCE.
Personal income was at expectations, and PCE was above expectations.
Using the two-month method to estimate Q3 real PCE growth, real PCE was increasing at a 0.8% annual rate in Q3 2022. (Using the mid-month method, real PCE was increasing at 0.9%)
Thursday, September 29, 2022
Friday: Personal Income & Outlays, Chicago PMI
by Calculated Risk on 9/29/2022 09:02:00 PM
Friday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, Personal Income and Outlays, August 2022 and Annual Update The consensus is for a 0.3% increase in personal income, and for a 0.2% increase in personal spending. And for the Core PCE price index to increase 0.5%. PCE prices are expected to be up 6.0% YoY, and core PCE prices up 4.8% YoY.
• At 9:45 AM, Chicago Purchasing Managers Index for September. The consensus is for a reading of 52.0, down from 52.2 in August.
• At 10:00 AM, University of Michigan's Consumer sentiment index (Final for September). The consensus is for a reading of 59.5.
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
COVID Metrics | ||||
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Now | Week Ago | Goal | ||
New Cases per Day2 | 47,112 | 54,201 | ≤5,0001 | |
Hospitalized2 | 23,401 | 25,449 | ≤3,0001 | |
Deaths per Day2 | 343 | 368 | ≤501 | |
1my goals to stop daily posts, 27-day average for Cases, Currently Hospitalized, and Deaths 🚩 Increasing 7-day average week-over-week for Cases, Hospitalized, and Deaths ✅ Goal met. |
Click on graph for larger image.
This graph shows the daily (columns) and 7-day average (line) of deaths reported.
Las Vegas August 2022: Visitor Traffic Down 10.9% Compared to 2019
by Calculated Risk on 9/29/2022 02:18:00 PM
Note: I like using Las Vegas as a measure of recovery for both leisure (visitors) and business (conventions).
From the Las Vegas Visitor Authority: August 2022 Las Vegas Visitor Statistics
August visitation reached nearly 3.2M visitors for the month, up +6.4% YoY and ‐10.9% below the August 2019 volume.Click on graph for larger image.
Overall hotel occupancy reached 76.8%, +4.0 pts ahead of last August but down ‐10.9 pts vs. August 2019. Surpassing 90% for the sixth straight month, Weekend occupancy reached 90.1% (up +3.0 pts YoY but down ‐5.1 pts vs. August 2019), while Midweek occupancy came in at 72.2% (up +4.4 pts YoY but down ‐11.9 pts vs. August 2019).
The trend of strong ADR continued as August ADR exceeded $148, +5.5% ahead of last August and 22.4% above August 2019 while RevPAR neared $114 for the month, +11.3% YoY and +7.2% over August 2019.
The first graph shows visitor traffic for 2019 (dark blue), 2020 (light blue), 2021 (yellow) and 2022 (red)
Visitor traffic was down 10.9% compared to the same month in 2019.
Note: There was almost no convention traffic from April 2020 through May 2021.
Hotels: Occupancy Rate Down 1.5% Compared to Same Week in 2019
by Calculated Risk on 9/29/2022 11:51:00 AM
Note: The occupancy rate will increase next week due to Hurricane Ian.
U.S. hotel performance increased from the previous week and showed improved comparisons with 2019, according to STR‘s latest data through Sept. 24.The following graph shows the seasonal pattern for the hotel occupancy rate using the four-week average.
Sept. 18-24, 2022 (percentage change from comparable week in 2019*):
• Occupancy: 70.0% (-1.5%)
• Average daily rate (ADR): $157.99 (+15.7%)
• Revenue per available room (RevPAR): $110.60 (+13.9%)
*Due to the pandemic impact, STR is measuring recovery against comparable time periods from 2019.
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The red line is for 2022, black is 2020, blue is the median, and dashed light blue is for 2021. Dashed purple is 2019 (STR is comparing to a strong year for hotels).
Inflation Adjusted House Prices Declined Further in July
by Calculated Risk on 9/29/2022 09:34:00 AM
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Inflation Adjusted House Prices Declined Further in July
Excerpt:
It has been over 16 years since the bubble peak. In the Case-Shiller release Tuesday, the seasonally adjusted National Index (SA), was reported as being 65% above the bubble peak in 2006. However, in real terms, the National index (SA) is about 15% above the bubble peak (and historically there has been an upward slope to real house prices). The composite 20, in real terms, is about 6% above the bubble peak.
People usually graph nominal house prices, but it is also important to look at prices in real terms (inflation adjusted). As an example, if a house price was $200,000 in January 2000, the price would be almost $338,000 today adjusted for inflation (69% increase). That is why the second graph below is important - this shows "real" prices (adjusted for inflation). ...
The second graph shows the same two indexes in real terms (adjusted for inflation using CPI less Shelter). Note: some people use other inflation measures to adjust for real prices. In real terms, the National index is 14.6% above the bubble peak, and the Composite 20 index is 5.6% above the bubble peak in early 2006.
This is the second consecutive month with declining real prices.