Housing Starts Seen Dipping -- Data Week Ahead

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.

Forecasts were last updated Monday afternoon.

 
DATE      TIME  RELEASE                    PERIOD     CONSENSUS    PREVIOUS 
          (ET) 
Wednesday 0830  Retail Sales                Aug      +1.1%   (20)  +1.2% 
                  -- ex autos               Aug      +0.8%   (18)  +1.9% 
          1000  Business Inventories        Jul      +0.1%   (16)  -1.1% 
          1000  Housing Mkt Index           Sep       78     (13)   78 
Thursday  0830  Jobless Claims              Sep 12    875K   (17)   884K 
          0830  Housing Starts              Aug       1.45M  (20)   1.496M 
                  -- percent change         Aug      -3.1%         +22.6% 
          0830  Building Permits            Aug       1.50M  (13)   1.495M 
                  -- percent change         Aug      +0.3%         +18.8% 
          0830  Phila Fed Mfg Svy           Sep       15.0   (13)    17.2 
Friday    0830  Current Account Balance     2Q      -$164.2B (9)  -$104.2B 
          1000  Consumer Sentiment          Sep       75.4   (19)   74.1* 
                  (Prelim) 
          1000  Leading Index               Aug      +1.4%   (12)  +1.4% 
 
*Aug Final Reading 
 
 
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.) 
 

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