Housing Starts and Existing Home Sales on the Docket — Data Week Ahead Update
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The following are median forecasts for this week's remaining U.S. data from a survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal.
The FOMC statement is scheduled for Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. ET, followed by a press conference with Fed Chairman Jerome Powell at 2:30 p.m. ET.
DATE TIME RELEASE PERIOD CONSENSUS PREVIOUS
Tuesday 0830 Housing Starts Aug 1.43M (22) 1.452M
-- percent change Aug -1.5% +3.9%
0830 Building Permits Aug 1.45M (15) 1.442M
-- percent change Aug +0.6% +0.1%
Thursday 0830 Jobless Claims Sep 16 225K (16) 220K
0830 Current Account Balance 2Q -$222.5B (11)-$219.3B
0830 Phila Fed Mfg Svy Sep 0.0 (15) 12
1000 Existing Home Sales Aug 4.10M (22) 4.07M
-- percent change Aug +0.7% -2.2%
1000 Leading Index Aug -0.5% (15) -0.4%
Friday 0945 S&P Global Flash U.S. Mfg PMI Sep 48.2 (10) 47.9*
0945 S&P Global Flash U.S. Svcs PMI Sep 50.7 (9) 50.5*
*End-Aug Reading
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.)
Write to Donna Huneke at dataweekahead@wsj.com
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September 18, 2023 16:35 ET (20:35 GMT)
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