by Calculated Risk on 8/17/2021 09:00:00 PM
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
Wednesday: Housing Starts, Preliminary Employment Benchmark, FOMC Minutes
Wednesday:
• At 7:00 AM ET, The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.
• At 8:30 AM, Housing Starts for July. The consensus is for 1.602 million SAAR, down from 1.643 million SAAR in June.
• At 10:00 AM, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will release the preliminary estimate of the upcoming annual benchmark revision.
• During the day, The AIA's Architecture Billings Index for July (a leading indicator for commercial real estate).
• At 2:00 PM, FOMC Minutes, July 27-28, 2021