US Housing Starts Rise 1.5%

Housing starts in the US increased 1.5% mom to an annualized 1,228K in October, after an upwardly revised 5.5% drop in September and compared with expectations of a 1.6% gain. Starts rebounded in the South after being hurt by Hurricane Florence in September but fell in the Northeast and the West.

NEWS
US Building Permits Fall Less than Expected
Russia Retail Sales Rise the Least in Over a Year
Russia Jobless Rate Rises from Record Low
Russia Real Wage Growth Below Forecasts
Hungary Keeps Rates Steady
Russia Producer Inflation Highest Since 2011
Montenegro Current Account Surplus Shrinks in Q3
Portugal Producer Inflation Rate Steady at 4.8% in October
UK Factory Orders Rebound in November: CBI
Luxembourg Jobless Rate Lowest Since 2009
Botswana Posts Largest Trade Gap Since 2016
Italian Government Bond Yields Jump
Armenia Trade Deficit Widens 5.6% YoY in October
Greek Current Account Surplus Narrows in September
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Germany Bundesbank Weidmann Speech
Canada BoC Wilkins Speech
US API Crude Oil Stock Change
Canada BoC Lane Speech
Euro Area European Commission Decision on Italy
Netherlands Consumer Confidence
Nigeria Inflation Rate YoY
South Africa Inflation Rate YoY
Euro Area ECB Non-Monetary Policy Meeting
Spain Balance of Trade
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GDPGDP YoYGDP QoQInterest rateInflation rateJobless rateGov. BudgetDebt/GDPCurrent AccountCurrencyPopulation
193913.00%3.50%2.25%2.50%3.70%-3.50%105.40%-2.4096.06325.72
125901.70%0.20%0.00%2.20%8.10%-0.90%86.70%3.501.15340.72
122386.50%1.60%4.35%2.50%3.82%-3.50%47.60%1.306.931390.08
48720.30%-0.30%-0.10%1.20%2.30%-4.50%253.00%4.02112.45126.71
36771.10%-0.20%0.00%2.50%3.40%1.30%64.10%8.001.1582.85
26221.50%0.60%0.75%2.40%4.10%-2.30%85.30%-4.101.2966.19
25978.20%1.90%6.50%3.31%3.52%-3.53%68.70%-1.9071.321283.60
25831.50%0.40%0.00%2.20%9.10%-2.60%97.00%-0.801.1567.19
20561.00%0.20%6.50%4.56%11.90%-7.80%74.04%-0.483.76207.66
19350.80%0.00%0.00%1.60%10.10%-2.30%131.80%2.801.1560.48
16531.90%0.70%1.75%2.20%5.80%-0.90%89.60%-3.001.3236.96
15781.30%0.90%7.50%3.50%4.50%-1.50%12.60%2.2065.55146.90
15312.00%0.60%1.50%2.00%3.90%-2.00%38.00%5.601124.0251.45
13233.40%0.90%1.50%1.90%5.00%-1.90%41.90%-3.100.7324.70
13112.50%0.60%0.00%2.30%14.55%-3.10%98.30%1.901.1546.66
11502.60%0.90%8.00%4.90%3.60%-2.90%46.40%-1.6020.32123.52
10165.17%3.09%6.00%3.16%5.34%-2.50%28.70%-1.7014585.00261.90
8515.20%0.90%24.00%25.24%11.10%-1.50%28.30%-5.505.3180.81
8262.40%0.20%0.00%2.10%3.70%1.10%56.70%10.201.1517.12
6841.61%-0.05%2.75%2.10%6.00%-8.90%17.20%2.203.7532.61
6793.40%0.70%-0.75%1.10%2.40%1.20%29.70%9.800.998.48
638-4.20%-4.00%62.21%45.50%9.60%-3.90%57.10%-4.8035.9044.05
5792.28%0.48%1.38%1.17%3.70%-1.40%31.20%14.7030.9123.57
5382.50%0.80%-0.50%2.30%5.50%1.30%40.60%3.208.9910.12
5255.10%1.70%1.50%1.80%5.70%-1.70%50.60%0.303.7737.98
4931.70%0.40%0.00%2.75%6.30%-1.00%103.10%-0.201.1511.41
482-13.20%6.80%21.90%833997.00%7.30%-20.00%23.00%2.00248520.9031.43
4553.30%0.00%1.50%1.23%1.00%-2.70%41.80%10.6032.9566.19
4401.80%18.00%31.40%12.10%-1.80%39.50%4.2642000.0080.90
4172.40%0.50%0.00%2.20%7.30%-0.70%78.40%1.901.158.82
3991.10%0.60%0.75%3.10%4.00%4.40%36.20%5.708.465.30
3830.80%0.80%2.50%3.10%1.72%-2.60%20.70%7.303.679.40
3761.50%2.90%0.00%11.28%18.80%-5.10%21.30%2.00305.68190.89
3513.10%0.60%0.10%1.20%4.00%-2.15%60.90%4.103.718.81
3490.40%-0.70%6.50%4.90%27.50%-4.60%53.10%-2.5013.9957.73
3412.90%0.10%2.50%2.70%2.80%2.20%38.40%4.207.837.41
3349.00%2.50%0.00%0.90%5.30%-0.30%68.00%12.501.154.84
3250.60%0.20%-0.65%0.80%3.90%1.00%36.40%7.906.515.78
3242.60%4.70%1.45%0.70%2.10%0.30%110.60%19.501.375.61
3154.40%1.60%3.25%0.30%3.30%-3.00%50.90%1.304.1932.05
3146.10%1.40%4.75%6.70%5.40%-2.20%42.10%-0.8052.40104.90
3092.70%0.20%4.25%3.33%9.50%-3.00%48.50%-3.303175.2549.29
3055.79%4.71%8.50%7.00%5.90%-5.80%67.20%-8.20133.85200.16
2772.80%0.30%2.75%2.90%7.10%-2.80%23.60%-1.50669.3718.37
2522.20%0.30%0.00%1.50%6.30%-0.60%61.40%0.701.155.51
2507.30%7.30%6.00%5.40%4.20%-4.80%27.10%-2.6083.87161.80
2355.40%5.40%16.75%17.70%9.90%-9.50%101.20%-6.5017.9096.20
2246.88%6.88%6.25%3.89%2.20%-3.50%61.50%2.9023311.5095.50
2182.10%0.30%0.00%1.00%6.70%-3.00%125.70%0.501.1510.29