Originally published in the January 11, 2010 issue of Furniture Today Furniture Today polled industry analysts and economists to develop a forecast for 2010. Figures included in the report include: Consumer spending on furniture and bedding Housing starts Existing home sales New home sales Mortgage rates Real gross domestic product Consumer price index Unemployment Personal disposable income Prime interest rate Furniture Todays 2010 Economic Outlook Survey was compiled by Furniture Todays market research team. Contributors to the forecast include: Budd Bugatch; Raymond James Jerry Epperson; Mann, Armistead & Epperson Ken Simonson; Chief Economist, Associated General Contractors of America James F. Smith; Parsec Financial Management John Tuccillo; JTA, LLC David Wyss; Standard & Poor's Data used for the forecast also came from Bank of America Merrill Lynch; BMO Capital Markets, Economic Research; Fannie Mae Economics and Mortgage Market Analysis; Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, The Livingston Survey; Federal Reserve; Freddie Mac; J.P. Morgan, Economic Research; Morgan Keegan; Mortgage Bankers Association; National Association of Home Builders; National Association of Realtors; National City Bank; Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Economic Research; The Conference Board; The PNC Financial Services Group; Thredgold Economic Associates; TNS Retail Forward; UCLA Anderson Forecast; University of Michigan, Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics (RSQE); U.S. Census Bureau; U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis; U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics; Wachovia Economics Group; and Wells Fargo Securities, Economics Group. 3 pages PLEASE NOTE: This report is available for immediate electronic download in PDF format. When you order this report, you will come to an order confirmation page which will show your report, with a blue "Download" button. |
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