US Housing Starts Above Forecasts

Housing starts in the US jumped 9.2% to an annualized 1,282K in August, recovering from a 0.3% drop in July and beating expectations of a 5.8% rise. Starts increased in the South, the Midwest and the West and were flat in the Northeast. Building permits dropped 5.7% to an annual rate of 1,229K, the lowest since May 2017.

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Argentina GDP Contracts Sharply in Q2
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US Crude Oil Inventories Drop for 5th Week
Russia Real Wages Growth Eases in August
Russian Jobless Rate Falls to New Record Low
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GDPGDP YoYGDP QoQInterest rateInflation rateJobless rateGov. BudgetDebt/GDPCurrent AccountCurrencyPopulation
193912.90%4.20%2.00%2.70%3.90%-3.50%105.40%-2.4094.57325.72
125902.10%0.40%0.00%2.00%8.20%-0.90%86.70%3.501.17340.72
122386.70%1.80%4.35%2.30%3.83%-3.50%47.60%1.306.861390.08
48721.00%0.70%-0.10%0.90%2.50%-4.50%253.00%4.02112.27126.71
36772.00%0.50%0.00%2.00%3.40%1.30%64.10%8.001.1782.85
26221.30%0.40%0.75%2.70%4.00%-2.30%85.30%-4.101.3166.19
25978.20%1.90%6.50%3.69%3.52%-3.53%68.70%-1.9072.351283.60
25831.70%0.20%0.00%2.30%9.10%-2.60%97.00%-0.801.1767.19
20561.00%0.20%6.50%4.19%12.30%-7.80%74.04%-0.484.13207.66
19351.20%0.20%0.00%1.60%10.40%-2.30%131.80%2.801.1760.48
16531.90%0.70%1.50%3.00%6.00%-0.90%89.60%-3.001.2936.96
15781.90%0.85%7.50%3.10%4.60%-1.50%12.60%2.2066.69146.88
15312.80%0.60%1.50%1.40%4.20%-2.00%38.00%5.601117.9551.45
13233.40%0.90%1.50%2.10%5.30%-1.90%41.90%-3.100.7324.70
13112.70%0.60%0.00%2.20%15.30%-3.10%98.30%1.901.1746.66
11502.60%-0.20%7.75%4.90%3.50%-2.90%46.40%-1.6018.77123.52
10165.27%4.21%5.50%3.20%5.13%-2.50%28.70%-1.7014870.00261.90
8515.20%0.90%24.00%17.90%10.20%-1.50%28.30%-5.506.2580.81
8262.90%0.70%0.00%2.30%3.80%1.10%56.70%10.201.1717.12
6841.15%-0.05%2.50%2.20%6.10%-8.90%17.20%2.203.7532.61
6793.40%0.70%-0.75%1.20%2.40%1.20%29.70%9.800.978.48
638-4.20%-4.00%60.00%34.40%9.10%-3.90%57.10%-4.8039.2544.05
5793.30%0.80%1.38%1.53%3.69%-1.40%31.20%14.7030.6623.57
5382.50%0.80%-0.50%2.00%6.10%1.30%40.60%3.208.8710.12
5255.10%1.00%1.50%2.00%5.90%-1.70%50.60%0.303.6737.98
4931.40%0.40%0.00%2.24%6.20%-1.00%103.10%-0.201.1711.41
482-13.20%6.80%20.56%200000.00%7.30%-20.00%23.00%2.00248520.9031.43
4554.60%1.00%1.50%1.62%1.00%-2.70%41.80%10.6032.4166.19
4402.70%18.00%18.00%12.10%-2.20%32.10%4.2642000.0080.90
4172.30%0.70%0.00%2.20%7.00%-0.70%78.40%1.901.178.82
3993.30%0.40%0.50%3.40%3.90%4.40%36.20%5.708.155.30
3830.80%0.80%2.25%3.80%1.72%-2.60%20.70%6.903.679.40
3761.50%2.90%14.00%11.23%18.80%-5.10%21.30%2.00305.28190.89
3514.00%0.40%0.10%1.20%4.20%-2.15%60.90%4.103.588.81
3490.40%-0.70%6.50%4.90%27.20%-4.60%53.10%-2.5014.6456.52
3413.50%-0.20%2.25%2.40%2.80%2.20%38.40%4.207.857.41
3349.00%2.50%0.00%0.70%5.60%-0.30%68.00%12.501.174.84
3250.50%0.20%-0.65%1.00%3.90%1.00%36.40%7.906.395.78
3243.90%0.60%1.06%0.60%2.10%0.30%110.60%19.501.375.61
3154.50%0.30%3.25%0.20%3.40%-3.00%50.90%1.304.1432.05
3146.00%1.30%4.00%6.40%5.40%-2.20%42.10%-0.8053.89104.90
3092.80%0.60%4.25%3.10%9.70%-3.00%48.50%-3.303027.4549.29
3055.79%4.71%7.50%5.84%5.90%-5.80%67.20%-8.20122.97200.16
2775.30%0.70%2.50%2.60%7.30%-2.80%23.60%-1.50679.1818.37
2522.50%0.30%0.00%1.30%6.50%-0.60%61.40%0.701.175.51
2507.30%7.30%6.00%5.51%4.20%-4.80%27.10%-2.6083.70161.80
2355.40%5.40%16.75%14.20%9.90%-9.50%101.20%-6.5017.9596.20
2246.79%6.79%6.25%3.98%2.01%-3.50%61.50%2.9023305.0095.50
2182.30%0.50%0.00%1.20%6.70%-3.00%125.70%0.501.1710.29