Housing Starts, Existing Home Sales Seen Rising -- Data Week Ahead Update
November 19 2018 - 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)
Tuesday 0830 Housing Starts Oct 1.23M (24) 1.201M
-- percent change Oct +2.4% -5.3%
0830 Building Permits Oct 1.27M (14) 1.241M
-- percent change Oct +2.3% -0.6%
Wednesday 0830 Jobless Claims Nov 17 214K (16) 216K
0830 Durable Goods Orders Oct -2.6% (22) +0.7%*
1000 Existing Home Sales Oct 5.19M (24) 5.15M
-- percent change Oct +0.8% -3.4%
1000 Consumer Sentiment Nov 98.2 (16) 98.3**
(Final)
1000 Leading Index Oct +0.0% (12) +0.5%
Friday 0945 Markit Flash Mfg PMI Nov 55.5 (3) 55.7***
0945 Markit Flash Services PMI Nov 54.3 (3) 54.8***
*Revised Figure
**Nov Prelim Reading
***End-Oct Reading
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.)
Write to Tim Merle at dataweekahead@wsj.com
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November 19, 2018 14:08 ET (19:08 GMT)
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