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Washington, DC, June 18, 2025— In the week ending June 14, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 245,000, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week's revised level, according to the Department of Labor.
Washington, DC, June 18, 2025—Mortgage applications decreased 2.6% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending June 13, 2025.
Ohio County, WV, June 18, 2025—Zambito Flooring America of Triadelphia, West Virginia lost its entire inventory in the flash floods on June 14, reports WTRF.
Phoenix, AZ, June 18, 2025-Diverzify, a national provider of commercial flooring solutions, has announced the appointment of Jason Blake as the new president of Spectra Contract Flooring in Phoenix.
Washington, DC, June 17, 2025—Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for May 2025 were $715.4 billion, down 0.9% from the previous month and up 3.3% from May 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Washington, DC, June 17, 2025—Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes was 32 in June, down two points from May, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).
Washington, DC, June 17, 2025—U.S. import prices were unchanged in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, following a 0.1% increase in April.
Dalton, GA, June 17, 2025-Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) offers a recap of its annual conference here.
Washington, DC, June 17, 2025—Industrial production (IP) fell 0.2% in May after increasing 0.1% in April, according to the Federal Reserve.
New York, NY, June 17, 2025-"America has a glut of office buildings. That longstanding surplus is finally shrinking,” reports the Wall Street Journal