Thursday: Unemployment Claims, Durable Goods, Existing Home Sales

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. Initial claims were at 215 thousand last week. • Also at 8:30 AM, Durable Goods Orders for March from the Census Bureau. The consensus is for a 0.8% increase in durable goods orders. • Also at 8:30 AM, Chicago Fed National Activity Index for March. This is a composite index of other data. • At 10:00 AM, Existing Home Sales for March from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The consensus is for 4.14 million SAAR, down from 4.26 million. • At 11:00 AM, the Kansas City Fed manufacturing survey for April.

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. Initial claims were at 215 thousand last week.

• Also at 8:30 AM, Durable Goods Orders for March from the Census Bureau. The consensus is for a 0.8% increase in durable goods orders.

• Also at 8:30 AM, Chicago Fed National Activity Index for March. This is a composite index of other data.

• At 10:00 AM, Existing Home Sales for March from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The consensus is for 4.14 million SAAR, down from 4.26 million.

• At 11:00 AM, the Kansas City Fed manufacturing survey for April.