Housing Starts Expected to Show Dip -- 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 Tuesday afternoon.

DATE TIME RELEASE PERIOD CONSENSUS PREVIOUS

(ET)

Thursday 0830 Jobless Claims Jan 13 246K (17) 261K

0830 Phila Fed Mfg Svy Jan 25.0 (13) 26.2

0830 Housing Starts Dec 1.28M (23) 1.30M

-- percent change Dec -1.5% +3.3%

0830 Building Permits Dec 1.29M (14) 1.30M

-- percent change Dec -0.8% -1.4%

Friday 1000 Consumer Sentiment Jan 97.0 (17) 95.9*

(Preliminary)

*End-December Reading

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

Write to Donna Huneke at dataweekahead@wsj.com

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January 17, 2018 10:14 ET (15:14 GMT)