Thursday: Housing Starts, Unemployment Claims, Philly Fed Mfg

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

Thursday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released.  The consensus is for 204 thousand, up from 202 thousand.

• Also at 8:30 AM, Housing Starts for December. The consensus is for 1.415 million SAAR, down from 1.560 million SAAR.

• Also at 8:30 AM, the Philly Fed manufacturing survey for January.