Housing Starts, Building Permits Seen Slightly Down -- Data Week Ahead Update
June 17 2019 - 2:29PM
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)
Tuesday 0830 Housing Starts May 1.23M (22) 1.235M
-- percent change May -0.4% +5.7%
0830 Building Permits May 1.29M (13) 1.296M
-- percent change May -0.5% +0.6%
Thursday 0830 Jobless Claims Jun 15 220K (14) 222K
0830 Phila Fed Mfg Svy Jun 9.3 (12) 16.6
0830 Current Account Balance 1Q -$122.0B (7) -$134.38B
1000 Leading Index May +0.0% (12) +0.2%
Friday 0945 Markit Flash Mfg PMI Jun 50.2 (4) 50.5*
0945 Markit Flash Services PMI Jun 50.9 (4) 50.9*
1000 Existing Home Sales May 5.25M (22) 5.19M
-- percent change May +1.2% -0.4%
*End-May Reading
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.)
Write to Tim Merle at dataweekahead@wsj.com
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June 17, 2019 14:14 ET (18:14 GMT)
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