- So far this year, lenders have repossessed a record 656,545 properties nationwide - or 8.6 of every 1,000 households in the United States - and remain on track to repossess more than 1M nationwide by year-end, ForeclosureS.com reported.
- Year-to-date 1.45M homeowners (19.6 of every 1,000 households) faced pre-foreclosure actions by lenders, almost double the number a year ago. ForeclosureS.com's comprehensive analysis of pre-foreclosure and foreclosure proceedings nationwide is based on the number of formal notices filed against a property during the foreclosure process. That can include notice of default, notice of foreclosure auction, and/or notice of REO (lender-owned real estate that occurs after a foreclosed property fails to sell at auction and reverts back to the lender). All pre-foreclosure filings do not end up in foreclosure.

Americas Macro sector headlines

• Today 00:02am
  *(US) NOV MONSTER EMPLOYMENT INDEX: 143 V 150 M/M (The Nov 2007 reading was 183); The index is now at the lowest level since 2004- Only agriculture showed an increase in jobs in Nov and demand for more...
  
• Yesterday 11:15pm
  (JP) Japan extra bond sale bid to cover 2.87X v 3.23 prior- A total of ¥149.8B in 20-yr and 30-yr bonds were sold. - This was auction number 35.
  
• Yesterday 11:13pm
  (US) Secy. of State Rice calls for "robust" action from Pakistan govt against those responsible for Mumbai attack
  
• Yesterday 10:52pm
  Spot gold moving below $770 into negative territory for the session
  
• Yesterday 08:33pm
  (CA) Finance Min Flaherty pledges added stimulus in Jan 27 budget, could try to help credit availability for auto leasing