The following are median forecasts for this week's remaining U.S. data from a survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal.
DATE TIME RELEASE PERIOD CONSENSUS PREVIOUS
Tuesday 0830 Housing Starts Jul 1.29M (22) 1.321M
-- percent change Jul -2.3% +4.6%
0830 Building Permits Jul 1.39M (14) 1.397M
-- percent change Jul -0.5% +0.2%
Thursday 0830 Jobless Claims Aug 16 225K (16) 224K
0830 Phila Fed Mfg Svy Aug 7.0 (13) 15.9
0945 S&P Global Flash U.S. Mfg PMI Aug 49.5 (7) 49.8*
0945 S&P Global Flash U.S. Svcs PMI Aug 55.0 (6) 55.7*
1000 Existing Home Sales Jul 3.91M (20) 3.93M
-- percent change Jul -0.5% -2.7%
1000 Leading Index Jul -0.1% (13) -0.3%
*End-July Reading
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.)
Write to Tim Merle at dataweekahead@wsj.com
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