Existing Home Sales Gains Expected -- Data Week Ahead

The following are forecasts for next week's U.S. data from a survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal.

DATE TIME RELEASE PERIOD CONSENSUS PREVIOUS

(ET)

Monday 1000 Leading Index Oct +0.9% (7) -0.2%

Tuesday 1000 Existing Home Sales Oct 5.41M (11) 5.39M

-- percent change Oct +0.4% +0.7%

Wednesday 0830 Jobless Claims Nov 18 241K (8) 249K

0830 Durable Goods Orders Oct +0.2% (10) +2.0%*

1000 Consumer Sentiment Nov 98.0 (7) 97.8**

(Final)

Friday 0945 Markit Flash Mfg PMI Nov 54.2 (3) 54.6***

0945 Markit Flash Services PMI Nov N/A 55.3***

*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 17, 2017 14:08 ET (19:08 GMT)