Housing Starts and Existing Home Sales Seen Rising -- Data Week Ahead Update
October 19 2020 - 2:26PM
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)
Tuesday 0830 Housing Starts Sep 1.47M (19) 1.416M
-- percent change Sep +3.8% -5.1%
0830 Building Permits Sep 1.52M (13) 1.470M
-- percent change Sep +3.4% -0.9%
Thursday 0830 Jobless Claims Oct 17 875K (16) 898K
1000 Existing Home Sales Sep 6.37M (19) 6.0M
-- percent change Sep +6.2% +2.4%
1000 Leading Index Sep +0.6% (11) +1.2%
1100 Kansas City Fed Mfg Svy Oct N/A 11
Composite Index
Friday 0945 Markit Flash Mfg PMI Oct 53.7 (4) 53.2*
0945 Markit Flash Services PMI Oct 55 (4) 54.6*
*End-Sep Reading
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.)
Write to Kristin Blakeslee at dataweekahead@wsj.com
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October 19, 2020 14:11 ET (18:11 GMT)
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