I would agree with you completely. I would point out that for a media and public concerned with the current state of our economy, a year over year statistic is

I would agree with you completely. I would point out that for a media and public concerned with the current state of our economy, a year over year statistic is useless. Everyone knows that housing prices are down significantly from the same time last year. A month over month increase sparks hope. An argument about whether or not month over month numbers are valid is one I'm not educated enough to make. I am merely stating that it makes perfect sense for the media to report those stats the way they did, and it isn't because they can't read data.