Housing Starts and Industrial Production on the Docket — 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.
DATE TIME RELEASE PERIOD CONSENSUS PREVIOUS
Tuesday 0830 Housing Starts Jul 1.34M (22) 1.427M
-- percent change Jul -6.1% +19%
0830 Building Permits Jul 1.37M (15) 1.367M
-- percent change Jul -0.5% -3%
0830 Import Prices Jul +0.1% (14) +0.3%
0915 Industrial Production Jul +0.4% (21) +0.1%
0915 Capacity Utilization Jul 76.4% (14) 76.1%
1000 Pending Home Sales Jul +0.6% (9) -5.4%
Thursday 0830 Jobless Claims Aug 15 210K (17) 209K
0830 Phila Fed Mfg Svy Aug 25.0 (12) 41.4
1000 Leading Index Jul +0.1% (10) -0.2%
Friday 0945 S&P Global Flash Mfg PMI Aug 54.0 (9) 53.9*
0945 S&P Global Flash Svcs PMI Aug 53.9 (8) 54.6*
*End-July Reading
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.)
Write to Donna Huneke at dataweekahead@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
August 17, 2026 14:14 ET (18:14 GMT)
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