Housing Starts (MoM)

The Housing Starts released by the US Census Bureau, at the Department of Commerce is an indicator that tracks how many new single-family homes or buildings were constructed. For the survey each house and each single apartment are counted as one housing start. The figures include all private and publicly owned units. It indicates movements of the US housing market. Generally, a high reading anticipates positive (or bullish) for the USD, whereas a low reading is seen as negative (or bearish).

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Most recent - Tuesday 19 September 2023 12:30

1.447M

Revised

1.447M

Forecast

1.44M

Actual

1.283M

Lower numbers than forecast tend to be bullish for xxx/USD pairs and bearish for USD/xxx pairs.

Next event - Wednesday 18 October 2023 12:30

1.283M

Forecast

Actual

The typical/expected impact on USD pairs is medium.

There is no forecast value for Housing Starts (MoM) yet - check back for updates.

Trading range

Forecast history

The most recent announced value for Housing Starts (MoM) was 1.283M against a forecast of 1.44M.

Past events

Date

Forecast

Actual

Tuesday 19 September 2023 12:30

1.44M

1.283M

Wednesday 16 August 2023 12:30

1.448M

1.452M

Wednesday 19 July 2023 12:30

1.48M

1.434M

Tuesday 20 June 2023 12:30

1.4M

1.631M

Wednesday 17 May 2023 12:30

1.4M

1.401M

Tuesday 18 April 2023 12:30

1.4M

1.42M

Thursday 16 March 2023 12:30

1.31M

1.45M

Thursday 16 February 2023 13:30

1.36M

1.309M

Thursday 19 January 2023 13:30

1.359M

1.382M

Tuesday 20 December 2022 13:30

1.415M

1.427M

Thursday 17 November 2022 13:30

1.41M

1.425M

Wednesday 19 October 2022 12:30

1.475M

1.439M

Tuesday 20 September 2022 12:30

1.445M

1.575M

Tuesday 16 August 2022 12:30

1.54M

1.446M

Tuesday 19 July 2022 12:30

1.585M

1.559M

Thursday 16 June 2022 12:30

1.701M

1.549M

Wednesday 18 May 2022 12:30

1.765M

1.724M

Tuesday 19 April 2022 12:30

1.745M

1.793M

Thursday 17 March 2022 12:30

1.69M

1.769M

Thursday 17 February 2022 13:30

1.7M

1.638M

Wednesday 19 January 2022 13:30

1.65M

1.702M

Thursday 16 December 2021 13:30

1.565M

1.679M

Wednesday 17 November 2021 13:30

1.576M

1.52M

Tuesday 19 October 2021 12:30

1.62M

1.555M

Tuesday 21 September 2021 12:30

1.58M

1.615M

Wednesday 18 August 2021 12:30

1.6M

1.534M

Tuesday 20 July 2021 12:30

1.59M

1.643M

Wednesday 16 June 2021 12:30

1.63M

1.572M

Tuesday 18 May 2021 12:30

1.71M

1.569M

Friday 16 April 2021 12:30

1.613M

1.739M

Wednesday 17 March 2021 12:30

1.565M

1.421M

Thursday 18 February 2021 13:30

1.658M

1.58M

Thursday 21 January 2021 13:30

1.56M

1.669M

Thursday 17 December 2020 13:30

1.53M

1.547M

Wednesday 18 November 2020 13:30

1.46M

1.53M

Tuesday 20 October 2020 12:30

1.457M

1.415M

Economic context

Recent economic data has been broadly neutral for USD. Other recent announcements which may affect the market's interpretation of the next Housing Starts (MoM) result:

		Previous	Latest
S&P Global Composite PMI	Bearish change	50.2	50.1
S&P Global Manufacturing PMI	Bullish change	47.9	48.9
S&P Global Services PMI	Bearish change	50.5	50.2
Existing Home Sales Change (MoM)	Bullish change	-2.2%	-0.7%
Initial Jobless Claims	Bullish change	221K	201K
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Survey	Bearish change	12	-13.5
Fed Interest Rate Decision	(no change)	5.5%	5.5%
Interest Rate Projections - 1st year	Bullish change	4.6%	5.1%
Interest Rate Projections - 2nd year	Bullish change	3.4%	3.9%
Interest Rate Projections - 3rd year	Bearish change	3.1%	2.9%
Interest Rate Projections - Current	(no change)	5.6%	5.6%
Interest Rate Projections - Longer	(no change)	2.5%	2.5%
Building Permits (MoM)	Bullish change	1.443M	1.543M
Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index	Bearish change	69.5	67.7
UoM 5-year Consumer Inflation Expectation	Bearish change	3%	2.7%
Industrial Production (MoM)	Bearish change	0.7%	0.4%
NY Empire State Manufacturing Index	Bullish change	-19	1.9
Initial Jobless Claims	Bearish change	217K	220K
Producer Price Index (MoM)	Bullish change	0.4%	0.7%
Producer Price Index (YoY)	Bullish change	0.8%	1.6%
Producer Price Index ex Food & Energy (MoM)	Bearish change	0.4%	0.2%
Producer Price Index ex Food & Energy (YoY)	Bearish change	2.4%	2.2%
Retail Sales (MoM)	Bullish change	0.5%	0.6%
Retail Sales Control Group	Bearish change	0.7%	0.1%
Retail Sales ex Autos (MoM)	Bearish change	0.7%	0.6%
Monthly Budget Statement	Bullish change	$-221B	$89B
Consumer Price Index (MoM)	Bullish change	0.2%	0.6%
Consumer Price Index (YoY)	Bullish change	3.2%	3.7%
Consumer Price Index ex Food & Energy (MoM)	Bullish change	0.2%	0.3%
Consumer Price Index ex Food & Energy (YoY)	Bearish change	4.7%	4.3%

About Housing Starts (MoM)

Country:	United States
Currency:	USD
Source:	US Census Bureau
Category:	Housing Market
Frequency:	Monthly

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	Australia		AiG Performance of Construction Index
	Australia		Building Permits (MoM)
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	United States		Pending Home Sales (MoM)
	United States		Building Permits (MoM)
	United States		S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices (YoY)
	United States		New Home Sales (MoM)

Calendar - Housing Starts (MoM) - United States

Housing Starts (MoM)

Most recent - Tuesday 19 September 2023 12:30

Next event - Wednesday 18 October 2023 12:30

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