Retail Sales Up 0.3 Percent in December

So far in 2025, property and casualty insurers in the S&P 500 are up about 4.9%, compared with declines for banks (-10.0%) and the broader index (-8.6%).

Consumer sentiment fell 4.8 points in April to 52.2, down 25 points from one year ago, according to final results of the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers.

The rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 6.81% this week. The rate for a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage was 5.94%.

More than one in three Americans are not confident they have enough savings to cover unexpected bills, according to a new survey by TD Bank.

Existing home sales declined 5.9% in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.02 million, the National Association of Realtors said. Sales were down 2.4% from a year ago.

New orders for manufactured durable goods increased $26.6 billion or 9.2% in March to $315.7 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau said in its most recent advance report.