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Saturday, February 18, 2017
Schedule for Week of Feb 19, 2017
The key economic report this week are January New and Existing Home sales.
All US markets are closed in observance of the Presidents' Day holiday.
No major economic releases scheduled.
7:00 AM ET: The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.
10:00 AM: Existing Home Sales for January from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The consensus is for 5.55 million SAAR, up from 5.49 million in December.Housing economist Tom Lawler expects the NAR to report sales of 5.60 million SAAR in January.
During the day: The AIA's Architecture Billings Index for January (a leading indicator for commercial real estate).
2:00 PM: FOMC Minutes for the Meeting of January 31-February 1, 2017
8:30 AM ET: The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for 240 thousand initial claims, up from 239 thousand the previous week.
8:30 AM: Chicago Fed National Activity Index for January. This is a composite index of other data.
9:00 AM: FHFA House Price Index for December 2016. This was originally a GSE only repeat sales, however there is also an expanded index.
11:00 AM: the Kansas City Fed manufacturing survey for February.
10:00 AM ET: New Home Sales for January from the Census Bureau. This graph shows New Home Sales since 1963. The dashed line is the December sales rate.
The consensus is for a increase in sales to 573 thousand Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) in January from 536 thousand in December.
10:00 AM: University of Michigan's Consumer sentiment index (final for February). The consensus is for a reading of 96.0, up from the preliminary reading 95.7.
