Day archives: August 27th, 2011

Census Economic Indicators – New Home Sales

News release: Sales of new single-family houses in July 2011 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 298,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 0.7 percent (±12.9%) below the revised June rate of 300,000, but is 6.8 percent (±13.5%) …

Subjects: Government Documents

Major newspapers shift focus from unemployment to the deficit, National Journal analysis shows.

Clifford Marks, National Journal: “Major U.S. newspapers have increasingly shifted their attention away from coverage of unemployment in recent months while greatly intensifying their focus on the deficit, a National Journal analysis shows. The analysis — based on a measure of how often the words “unemployment” and “deficit” appear in major publications — portrays a …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management