Guillaume's blog » U.S. http://lebleu.org/blog Thoughts on the future of money Tue, 16 Jun 2015 08:19:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.42 Job Market 2009 http://lebleu.org/blog/2008/03/30/job-market-2009/ http://lebleu.org/blog/2008/03/30/job-market-2009/#comments Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:03:31 +0000 http://lebleu.org/blog/2008/03/30/job-market-2009/ Will American highly-qualified workers soon have no other option but to get a job at companies from the very countries they were calling third-world not so long ago?

]]> http://lebleu.org/blog/2008/03/30/job-market-2009/feed/ 0 San Francisco home prices increased .18% in April 2007 http://lebleu.org/blog/2007/06/26/san-francisco-home-prices-increased-18-in-april-2007/ http://lebleu.org/blog/2007/06/26/san-francisco-home-prices-increased-18-in-april-2007/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:26:02 +0000 http://lebleu.org/blog/?p=6 S&P Case/Shiller data for the month of April 2007 and earlier months is available here.

Biggest drops were in Detroit, MI (-2.45%) and Miam, FL (-1.21%).

Biggest gains were in Seattle, WA (+1.31%) and Dallas, TX (+1.29%).

]]> http://lebleu.org/blog/2007/06/26/san-francisco-home-prices-increased-18-in-april-2007/feed/ 0 Real 07Q1 U.S. GDP increased by 0.16% from 06Q4 http://lebleu.org/blog/2007/06/01/real-07q1-us-gdp-increased-by-016-from-06q4/ http://lebleu.org/blog/2007/06/01/real-07q1-us-gdp-increased-by-016-from-06q4/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:56:18 +0000 http://lebleu.org/blog/?p=4 According to data published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis available here, the 0.16% quarterly growth (equivalent to ~0.6% annualized rate) is the worst since 02Q4 when it had increased by only 0.05% from the previous period (equivalent to 0.2% annualized rate).

]]> http://lebleu.org/blog/2007/06/01/real-07q1-us-gdp-increased-by-016-from-06q4/feed/ 0 San Francisco home prices increased .15% in March 2007 http://lebleu.org/blog/2007/06/01/san-francisco-home-prices-increased-15-in-march-2007/ http://lebleu.org/blog/2007/06/01/san-francisco-home-prices-increased-15-in-march-2007/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:19:05 +0000 http://lebleu.org/blog/?p=3 Continue reading San Francisco home prices increased .15% in March 2007]]> According to the S&P Case/Shiller® published last Tuesday, home prices in San Francisco have increased by .15% since February 2007. This the first uptick since May 2006.

Since May 2006, San Francisco home prices have dropped by 3%. This is to be compared to a 8% increase between May 2005 and May 2006, which leaves me with the feeling that the correction is not over yet.

The data is available here.

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