Weak housing sector helps keep lid on consumer prices
450715
The U S housing market continued to stumble in June, cooling the economy and contributing to the smallest increase in consumer prices in five months.
689538
Financial market turbulence has noticeably hurt housing activity across the U.S. in recent weeks but other sectors of the economy have so far been spared, the Fed said.
289234
A sharp drop in energy prices pulled U.S. consumer prices down 0.1 percent last month, but underlying inflation continued a steady advance, according to a government report on Wednesday that could bolster expectations for a steady diet of interest-rate rises.
542169
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said a slowdown in the U.S. housing market will limit economic expansion.
29554
Lower oil prices and a strong U.S. commercial property sector will help offset the serious problem of a cooling housing market, Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher said in a newspaper interview published on Tuesday.
391747
Business & money: Housing market slows as mortgage approvals fall.
98234
The fallout from the subprime mortgage industry could further constrict consumers with weak, or subprime credit, while helping to prolong the housing downturn.
462586
U.S. home sales will be a good deal   weaker this year than earlier thought as potential buyers   remain on the sidelines waiting for better deals, a national   real estate group said on Thursday.
179413
Higher-than-expected U.S. consumer prices last month chilled hopes that the Federal Reserve will drop a policy bias to hike interest rates and served a terse reminder that inflation remains a threat.
92119
A lean supply of homes in hot  markets and a growing U.S. economy is expected to keep house  prices in most parts of the country from reversing course,  analysts and real estate agents say.
541747
House price inflation appears to have reached a plateau, according to government statistics.
508172
WASHINGTON - Consumer prices fell by 0.1 percent in July as gasoline prices dropped while output at factories and housing construction posted healthy rebounds, offering hope the economy has escaped this summer's "soft patch."   The Labor Department said Tuesday that the decline in its closely watched Consumer Price Index was the first decrease since a 0.2 percent drop last November. The CPI had been up 0.3 percent in June and an even sharper 0.6 percent in May, reflecting big jumps in energy costs...
654737
Business & money: House price inflation eased last month to its slowest pace in a year.
270901
WASHINGTON - Consumer prices barely budged last month, suggesting that inflation isn&#39;t currently a problem for the economy and Federal Reserve policymakers can stick with a gradual approach to raising interest rates.
440147
Pending sales of existing U.S. homes in May unexpectedly fell to their lowest level in more than 5-1/2 years, data from a real estate trade group showed on Tuesday in a sign of continued weakness in the housing sector.
362098
Some economists warn the market's fate hinges largely on mortgage rates because low interest rates are the reason buyers have been able to continue to afford ever-increasing home prices here.
291445
Central banks signaled that rises in  interest rates were less certain than they had indicated just a  few weeks ago as weak U.S. housing data sent fresh shivers  through world markets.