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Monthly Outlook Archives

Date PublishedMonthly Outlooks
April 2013 Building a Lasting Recovery
March 2013 From Gloom to Bloom
February 2013 Showing Some Love
January 2013 Fiscal Uncertainty
December 2012 Peering Into 2013
November 2012 98.6°
October 2012 QE3 in Motion
September 2012 Energy
August 2012 The Shadow
July 2012 Housing: Getting Back to Work
June 2012 Rental Markets: A Sign of Strength
May 2012 Some Encouraging First-Quarter Signals
April 2012 'Noisy' Data
March 2012 The Awakening
February 2012 A Slow, Steady Path to Recovery
January 2012 Toasting the New Year with a Glass Half-Full
December 2011 Peering Into 2012
November 2011 Better Economic News & An Origination Boost
October 2011 Rental Housing on an Upswing
September 2011 Monetary and Fiscal Stimuli
August 2011 Whipsaw
July 2011 Soft Patch or Double Dip?
June 2011 The Doughnut or the Hole?
May 2011 Better, But Still Not Good Enough
April 2011 Spring in the Market
March 2011 Job Market News is One Step Forward in a Long Journey
February 2011 A Slow Thaw: The Job Market in Mid-Winter
January 2011 A Slow Start to the New Year, But Better News Ahead
December 2010 Peering into 2011: Five Features of Next Year’s Housing and Mortgage Markets
November 2010 Half Full and Half Empty
October 2010 The Tortoise and the Hare
September 2010 Borrowing Home Sales
August 2010 Where Have All the Originations Gone?
July 2010 Ebbs and Flows
June 2010 Location, Location, Location
May 2010 Show Me the Money
April 2010 History Repeats Itself… But, Which History?
March 2010 In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
February 2010 The Labor Market in Early 2010
January 2010 A Brighter Outlook for the Year Ahead 
December 2009 Special Report: Multifamily Commentary, December 18, 2009
December 2009 Are We There Yet?
November 2009 The Job Market's Impact on Households and Businesses
October 2009 Will Recovery Be Experienced Equally Across States?
September 2009 Slow But Steady Signs of Recovery
August 2009 Timing Is Everything
July 2009 Employment, Inventories and the Housing Cycle
June 2009 What Makes "Green Shoots" Grow?
May 2009 Labor Market Impacts on Housing
April 2009 April Summary Table Only
March 2009 March Summary Table Only
February 2009 February Summary Table Only
January 2009 January Summary Table Only
December 2008 December Summary Table Only
November 2008 November Summary Table Only
October 2008 October Summary Table Only
September 2008 September Summary Table Only
August 2008 August Summary Table Only
July 2008 July Summary Table Only
June 2008 June Summary Table Only
May 2008 May Summary Table Only
April 2008 April Summary Table Only
March 2008 March Summary Table Only
February 2008 February Summary Table Only
January 2008 January Summary Table Only
December 2007 December Summary Table Only
November 2007 November Summary Table Only
October 2007 October Summary Table Only
September 2007 September Summary Table Only 
August 2007 August Summary Table Only
July 2007 "Home Prices: Many Measures, One Story" 
June 2007 "Keeping them In their Homes" 
May 2007 "Refinancings: Down But Not (Cashed) Out"  
April 2007 "A Question of Supply" 
March 2007 "In Like a Lion" 
February 2007 How Long a Convalescence?
January 2007 the Remodeled Housing Market
December 2006 Anatomy of a Housing Recovery
November 2006 the Unemployment-Inflation Tradeoff
October 2006 Finding Solid Ground
September 2006 A Cooling Trend
August 2006 Striking a Balance
July 2006 Mid-year Roundup
June 2006 Orderly and Moderate Cooling
May 2006 the Natural Rate
April 2006 Where the Jobs Are
March 2006 Deciphering Smoke Signals
February 2006 Changing of the Guard
January 2006 A Soft Landing
December 2005 ‘Tis the Season
November 2005 Growtd Continues
October 2005 Rita
September 2005 Katrina
August 2005 Summer Dreaming
July 2005 Driving Home the Point
June 2005 Cognitive Dissonance
May 2005 Employment Bounces Back
April 2005 Quarter Back
March 2005 Conundrum?
February 2005 Step-by-Step
January 2005 Let the Good Times Roll
December 2004 Will the Grinch Stay Home?
November 2004 Finally! A Good Jobs Report!
October 2004 And the Beat Goes On
September 2004 Will they or Won't they?
August 2004 Hiccough?
July 2004 Dot-Dot-Dash Dot-Dot-Dash
June 2004 Fear of Flying
May 2004 Bye, Bye Refi
April 2004 More Is Less and Less Is More
March 2004 Labor Market Doldrums
February 2004 Confidently Patient
January 2004 Brisk Housing Activity for 2004

Note: Between August 2007 and April 2009 Freddie Mac did not publish monthly commentary.

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