Thursday: Unemployment Claims, Philly Fed Mfg, 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. The consensus is for 224 initial claims up from 220 thousand last week. • Also at 8:30 AM, the Philly Fed manufacturing survey for March. The consensus is for a reading of 12.0, down from 18.0. • At 10:00 AM, Existing Home Sales for February from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The consensus is for 3.92 million SAAR, down from 4.08 million. Housing economist Tom Lawler expects the NAR to report sales of 4.21 million SAAR for January.
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 224 initial claims up from 220 thousand last week.
• Also at 8:30 AM, the Philly Fed manufacturing survey for March. The consensus is for a reading of 12.0, down from 18.0.
• At 10:00 AM, Existing Home Sales for February from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The consensus is for 3.92 million SAAR, down from 4.08 million. Housing economist Tom Lawler expects the NAR to report sales of 4.21 million SAAR for January.
