Existing Home Sales Seen Down -- Data Week Ahead

The following are forecasts for this week's remaining U.S. data from a survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal. Forecasts were last updated on Monday afternoon.

DATE TIME RELEASE PERIOD CONSENSUS PREVIOUS

(ET)

Wednesday 1000 Existing Home Sales Apr 5.65M (24) 5.71M

-- percent change Apr -1.1% +4.4%

Thursday 0830 Jobless Claims May 20 237K (18) 232K

1100 Kansas City Fed Mfg Svy May 10 (3) 7

Composite Index

Friday 0830 Durable Goods Orders Apr -1.8% (23) +0.9%*

0830 Real GDP (2nd Reading) Q1 +0.8% (23) +0.7%**

0830 GDP Prices (2nd Reading) Q1 +2.3% (10) +2.3%**

1000 Consumer Sentiment May 97.5 (18) 97.7***

(Final)

*Revised Figure

**Q1 1st Reading

***May Preliminary Reading

(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.)

Write to Donna Huneke at dataweekahead@wsj.com

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May 23, 2017 10:14 ET (14:14 GMT)