Housing Starts and Existing Home Sales on Tap — Data Week Ahead

The following are median forecasts for this week's remaining U.S. data from a survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal.

Forecasts were last updated Monday afternoon.

 
DATE      TIME  RELEASE                       PERIOD     CONSENSUS    PREVIOUS 
Wednesday 0830  Housing Starts                 Aug         1.31M  (23)  1.238M 
                  -- percent change            Aug        +5.8%        -6.8% 
          0830  Building Permits               Aug         1.41M  (16)  1.396M 
                  -- percent change            Aug        +1.0%        -4.0% 
Thursday  0830  Jobless Claims                 Sep 14      229K   (18)  230K 
          0830  Current Account Balance        2Q        -$260.0B (10) -$237.65B 
          0830  Phila Fed Mfg Svy              Sep        -1.1    (16) -7.0 
          1000  Existing Home Sales            Aug         3.90M  (22)  3.95M 
                  -- percent change            Aug        -1.3%        +1.3% 
          1000  Leading Index                  Aug        -0.3%   (16) -0.6% 
 
 
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.) 
 
Write to Donna Huneke at dataweekahead@wsj.com 

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September 17, 2024 10:14 ET (14:14 GMT)

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