Jobless Claims Seen Lower -- Data Week Ahead Update

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

 
DATE      TIME  RELEASE                    PERIOD     CONSENSUS    PREVIOUS 
          (ET) 
Tuesday   0830  Housing Starts              Apr       1.70M  (33)   1.739M 
                  -- percent change         Apr      -2.2%         +19.4% 
          0830  Building Permits            Apr       1.77M  (21)   1.766M 
                  -- percent change         Apr      +0.2%         +2.7% 
Thursday  0830  Jobless Claims              May 15    452K   (24)   473K 
          0830  Phila Fed Mfg Svy           May       40.5   (20)   50.2 
          1000  Leading Index               Apr      +1.4%   (18)  +1.3% 
Friday    0945  Markit Flash Mfg PMI        May       60.5   (11)   60.5* 
          0945  Markit Flash Services PMI   May       64.3   (10)   64.7* 
          1000  Existing Home Sales         Apr       6.02M  (32)   6.01M 
                  -- percent change         Apr      +0.2%         -3.7% 
 
*April Final Reading 
 
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.) 
 

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