Friday: Housing Starts, PPI

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

Friday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, Housing Starts for January. The consensus is for 1.470 million SAAR, up from 1.460 million SAAR.

• Also at 8:30 AM, The Producer Price Index for January from the BLS. The consensus is for a 0.1% increase in PPI, and a 0.1% increase in core PPI.

• At 10:00 AM, University of Michigan's Consumer sentiment index (Preliminary for February). The consensus is for a reading of 79.0.