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PlaneFag Yerp/Med/Gulf activity

Hungary AF HUAF213 A319PM Viktor Orbandeparted Doha, Qatar back to Budapest after arriving at Doha on 0521

Hungary to Buy Gas from Qatar

The prime minister traveled to Doha on Sunday for an official visit initiated by Sheik Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar. According to Viktor Orbán, they held a lengthy, exhausting, and successful negotiation with his counterpart. Orbán announced that Hungary would also purchase gas from Qatar.

https://hungarytoday.hu/hungary-to-buy-gas-from-qatar/

SPAR81 NATO G5 ES heading to Muscat, Oman from Ramstein AFB departure

Dutch AF MMF38 A330 NW from Jordan-Muwaffaq Salti Air Base

Slovenia AF LSV101 Falcon 2000 left Madrid (the president visited with Pope Frank yesterday)-this AC is not her and been at Madrid since 0519 from Ljubljana

from yesterday

Pope Francis meets with the President of Slovenia

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-05/pope-francis-meets-president-of-slovenia.html

German AF GAF753 A321 arrived at Koln/Bonn after departing Dulles Int'l last night

Belgian AF BAF644 A400m ES from Brekstad AB, Norway ground stop of about 2h15m

French AF CTM2005 A400m heading to Rzsesow Airport, Poland from Chateauxroux AB-central France stop and Degaulle Int'l depart

Canada AF CFC2973 CC-130j Hercules south from Tampere AB, Finland ground stop-Prestwick Int'l departure earlier today and also heading to Rzsesow

Spanish AF 4586 Falcon 900 WS from Brussels Int'l

French AF CTM1048 A330 south over Algeria from Paris depart

PlaneFag CONUS activity

SPAR28 Indo-Pac G5 arrived at Teterboro Airport last night >>18888857 pb also had SAM771 G5 arrive after that-it was in Seoul, Bangkok and Manila last week

Aussie AF ASY311 Falcon 7x west from Little Rock-Bill and Hillbags Int'l-been there for a few days

Mexi AF FAM3527 737 returned to Santa Lucia AB with FAM3528 737 departing from Juarez…Mexi Po-Po XCOPF 727 departed Tujuana Int'l after an overnight >>18888699 pb

PAT543 RC-26B Metro 23 departed El Paso Int'l EN

SPAR33C-40C west from Scott AFB, IL

SHINR40 NC-135W 'Big Safari' test AC operated by the 645th Aeronautical Systems Group and EN this operates out of Majors Airport-Greenville, TX

VV100 US Navy G5 EN from JBA and RAF RRR6659 C-17 WS from an RAF Brize Norton departure earlier today

SHADY33MC-12W Liberty ISR south from Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport

New Home Sales at 683,000 Annual Rate in April

The Census Bureau reports New Home Sales in April were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 683 thousand.The previous three months were revised down, combined.

Sales of new single‐family houses in April 2023 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 683,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 4.1 percent above the revised March rate of 656,000 and is 11.8 percent above the April 2022 estimate of 611,000.New Home Sales vs. recessions since 1963. .

New home sales are close to pre-pandemic levels.The months of supply decreased in April to 7.6 months from 7.9 months in March.

The all-time record high was 12.2 months of supply in January 2009. The all-time record low was 3.3 months in August 2020. This is well above the top of the normal range (about 4 to 6 months of supply is normal). Sales were above expectations of 660 thousand SAAR, however, sales in the three previous months were revised down, combined.

https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2023/05/new-home-sales-at-683000-annual-rate-in.html

30 Year Fixed Mortgage Rates

https://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/mortgage-rates/30-year-fixed

CME FedWatch Tool

73% for no rate hike…27% for 25bp at the June meeting

https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/cme-fedwatch-tool.html

>>18878238 pb Marketfag: Economic Schedule for Week of May 21, 2023