Sales of new single-family homes plunged 11.5% to a 460,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate in August, according to data released by the Commerce Department yesterday.
The August figure came after an upwardly revised 520,000 rate in July, a 4.0% rise originally reported as a 2.4% increase to 515,000. Thomson Reuters’ poll of economists had predicted a 510,000 sales level for July.
"Each party in this deal benefits in some way," said Seema Mohanty, founder of Mohanty Gargiulo.
The California Supreme Court will hear a case challenging the state's 2013 pension changes, after seemingly settling the issue with a 2020 ruling.
The "impressive" investor appetite for tax-exempts has been "holding steady all quarter despite expensive valuations, supply surges and periods of low reinvestment demand," said GW&K Investment Management strategists in a report.
As space becomes an increasingly important frontier for development and competition, spaceports should enjoy the same financial benefits as airports and seaports, say supporters of the federal legislation.
The governor should have involved the legislature earlier in decision making on how to give the Water and Power Authority money to make a bond payment, lawmakers said.
A Utah law may be tapped to issue bonds to renovate a downtown Salt Lake City basketball arena to accommodate the former Arizona Coyotes.
