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)