Existing Home Sales Seen Down, New Home Sales Expected to Rise -- Data Week Ahead Update
April 19 2021 - 2:23PM
Dow Jones News
The following are forecasts for this week's remaining U.S. data
from a survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal.
DATE TIME RELEASE PERIOD CONSENSUS PREVIOUS
(ET)
Thursday 0830 Jobless Claims Apr 17 603K (22) 576K
1000 Existing Home Sales Mar 6.11M (33) 6.22M
-- percent change -1.8% +6.6%
1000 Leading Index Mar +1.0% (19) +0.2%
1100 Kansas City Fed Mfg Svy Apr 27 (5) 26
Composite Index
Friday 0945 Markit Flash Mfg PMI Apr 60.5 (11) 59.1*
0945 Markit Flash Services PMI Apr 61.0 (9) 60.4*
1000 New Home Sales Mar 888K (32) 775K
-- percent change Mar +14.6% -18.2%
*End-March Reading
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.)
Write to Donna Huneke at dataweekahead@wsj.com
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April 19, 2021 14:08 ET (18:08 GMT)
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