Thursday: Housing Starts, Unemployment Claims, PPI, Philly Fed Mfg, NY Fed Household Debt and Credit

by Calculated Risk on 2/15/2023 08:53:00 PM

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

Thursday:
o At 8:30 AM ET, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for 200 thousand initial claims, up from 196 thousand last week.

o Also at 8:30 AM, Housing Starts for January. The consensus is for 1.361 million SAAR, down from 1.382 million SAAR.

o Also at 8:30 AM, The Producer Price Index for December from the BLS. The consensus is for a 0.4% increase in PPI, and a 0.3% increase in core PPI.

o Also at 8:30 AM, the Philly Fed manufacturing survey for February. The consensus is for a reading of -6.7, up from -8.9.

o At 11:00 AM, NY Fed: Q4 Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit