Author Archive for Kathleen Stephansen

About Kathleen Stephansen

Haver Analytics is pleased to bring Kathleen Stephansen's commentaries on the state of the U.S. economy to its clients.

Kathleen Stephansen is an Independent Trustee for the Equitable Trusts, a Senior Economist for Haver Analytics and a Senior Economic Advisor to the Boston Consulting Group Center for Macroeconomics. She is the former Chief Economist of Huawei Technologies, Chief Economist of the American International Group (AIG) and AIG Asset Management’s Senior Investment Strategist and Global Head of Sovereign Research.

U.S. Unemployment Claims Continue on an Uptrend

Initial claims rose 14,000 in the August 6 week. The previous week was revised down by 12,000. Continued claims rose 8,000 in the July 30 week. The insured unemployment rate...

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August 12, 2022
Kathleen Stephansen

Mortgage Applications Increase in the Latest Week

Purchase and refinancing applications rose in the week of July 29. Mortgage rates declined. Mortgage applications increased 1.2% (-62.0% y/y) from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage...

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August 3, 2022
Kathleen Stephansen

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Author Archive for Kathleen Stephansen

About Kathleen Stephansen

U.S. Unemployment Claims Continue on an Uptrend

Mortgage Applications Increase in the Latest Week

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