by Calculated Risk on 10/16/2024 07:37:00 PM

Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.

Thursday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, Retail sales for September will be released.  The consensus is for a 0.2% increase in retail sales.

• Also at 8:30 AM, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for 265 thousand initial claims, up from 258 thousand last week.

• Also at 8:30 AM, the Philly Fed manufacturing survey for October. The consensus is for a reading of 3.0, up from 1.7.

• At 9:15 AM, The Fed will release Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization for September. The consensus is for a 0.1% decrease in Industrial Production, and for Capacity Utilization to decrease to 77.9%.

• At 10:00 AM, The October NAHB homebuilder survey. The consensus is for a reading of 42, up from 41 in September. Any number below 50 indicates that more builders view sales conditions as poor than good.