[familyop]

"U.S. home builders sharply increased construction in June, according to estimates released Tuesday by the Commerce Department."

News before the "unexpected."

[Free Vulcan]

This is why I have often said as I post the economic releases that I watch the private indexes and statistics more closely, as they are ‘adjusted’ far less than the official govt stats.

Zogby didn’t invent the special sauce - he stole it from the statisticians in the fed govt and then watered it down from industrial strength to get his numbers.