Housing Starts Seen Up, Existing Home Sales Seen Down — Data Week Ahead Update

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                 Feb        1.43M  (24)  1.331M 
                  -- percent change            Feb       +7.4%        -14.8% 
          0830  Building Permits               Feb        1.49M  (17)  1.470M 
                  -- percent change            Feb       +1.4%        -1.5% 
Thursday  0830  Jobless Claims                 Mar 16     213K   (18)  209K 
          0830  Current Account Balance        4Q       -$206.6B (9) -$200.3B 
          0830  Phila Fed Mfg Svy              Mar       -5.0    (13)  5.2 
          0945  S&P Global Flash U.S. Mfg PMI  Mar        51.8   (9)   52.2* 
          0945  S&P Global Flash U.S. Svcs PMI Mar        52.0   (8)   52.3* 
          1000  Existing Home Sales            Feb        3.95M  (21)  4.0M 
                  -- percent change            Feb       -1.3%        +3.1% 
          1000  Leading Index                  Feb       -0.1%   (15) -0.4% 
 
*End-Feb Reading 
 
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.) 
 
Write to Donna Huneke at dataweekahead@wsj.com 

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March 18, 2024 14:14 ET (18:14 GMT)

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