Housing Starts Expected to Rebound -- Data Week Ahead
September 17 2019 - 10:29AM
Dow Jones News
The following are forecasts for this week's remaining U.S. data
from a survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal.
The FOMC announcement 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
(ET)
Wednesday 0830 Housing Starts Aug 1.24M (22) 1.191M
-- percent change Aug +4.1% -4.0%
0830 Building Permits Aug 1.30M (13) 1.336M
-- percent change Aug -2.7% +8.4%
Thursday 0830 Jobless Claims Sep 14 215K (15) 204K
0830 Phila Fed Mfg Svy Sep 9.5 (12) 16.8
0830 Current Account Balance 2Q -$128.0B (7) -$130.4B
1000 Existing Home Sales Aug 5.37M (22) 5.42M
-- percent change Aug -1.1% +2.5%
1000 Leading Index Aug -0.2% (13) +0.5%
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.)
Write to Kristin Blakeslee at dataweekahead@wsj.com
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September 17, 2019 10:14 ET (14:14 GMT)
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