US Housing Starts Fall More than Expected

Housing starts in the US dropped 5.3% from a month earlier to an annualized rate of 1,201 thousand in September, after a 7.1% gain in August and compared with market consensus of a 4.5% fall. Starts in the South declined mainly due to Hurricane Florence.

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US Crude Oil Stocks Above Forecasts
US Stocks Trade Lower
Russia Retail Sales Rise the Least in 6 Months
Russia Wages Rise 7.2% YoY in September
Russian Jobless Rate Falls to New Record Low in September
Russia Producer Inflation Eases Further to 14.4%
Ghana Annual Inflation Rate Slows to 9.8% in September
US Building Permits Unexpectadly Fall 0.6% MoM
Brazil Economic Growth Eases to 3-Month Low of 0.47%
Israel Manufacturing Activity Stalls in September
South Africa Retail Sales Rise the Most in 3 Months
US Mortgage Applications Fall the Most in Over a Year
Albania Trade Gap Narrows in September
China New Yuan Loans Above Forecasts
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US Fed Brainard Speech
Germany Bundesbank Weidmann Speech
UK BoE Broadbent Speech
US FOMC Minutes
Japan Exports YoY
Japan Balance of Trade
European Union European Council Meeting
Australia Full Time Employment Chg
Australia Unemployment Rate
Australia Employment Change
South Korea Interest Rate Decision
China FDI (YTD) YoY
Netherlands Unemployment Rate
Switzerland Balance of Trade
Actual Chg %Chg
EURUSD 1.15287 0.0044 -0.38%
GBPUSD 1.31328 0.0051 -0.39%
AUDUSD 0.71187 0.0021 -0.30%
NZDUSD 0.65689 0.0013 -0.20%
USDJPY 112.08 0.1660 -0.15%
USDCNY 6.92566 0.0144 0.21%
USDCHF 0.99273 0.0021 0.22%
USDCAD 1.30012 0.0069 0.54%
USDMXN 18.8181 0.0666 0.36%
USDINR 73.5200 0.0600 0.08%
USDBRL 3.7081 0.0163 -0.44%
USDRUB 65.4574 0.1086 0.17%
US Dollar 95.40 0.3520 0.37%
BTCUSD 6,429.73 31 -0.49%
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Actual Chg %Chg
Dow Jones 25,518 280 -1.08%
S&P 500 2,785 24 -0.86%
NASDAQ 100 7,218 58 -0.80%
NIKKEI 225 22,871 334 1.48%
FTSE 100 7,024 35 -0.49%
DAX 11,692 84 -0.71%
CAC 40 5,131 42 -0.81%
FTSE MIB 19,424 294 -1.49%
IBEX 35 8,989 84 -0.92%
ASX 200 5,936 4 0.07%
SHANGHAI 2,562 15 0.60%
SENSEX 34,818 344 -0.98%
MICEX 2,406 11 -0.47%
TSX 15,460 120 -0.77%
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10Y Actual Chg %Chg
US 3.1521 0.004 0.00%
UK 1.58 0.034 -0.03%
Japan 0.1510 0.002 0.00%
Germany 0.46 0.028 -0.03%
South Korea 2.34 0.040 -0.04%
Canada 2.47 0.029 -0.03%
Italy 3.53 0.069 0.07%
Australia 2.70 0.027 -0.03%
Switzerland 0.04 0.025 -0.03%
Sweden 0.69 0.010 -0.01%
Netherlands 0.59 0.022 -0.02%
Norway 2.00 0.024 -0.02%
Mexico 8.09 0.010 0.01%
India 7.91 0.037 0.04%
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Actual Chg %Chg
Crude Oil 69.8227 1.96 -2.73%
Brent 79.5091 1.81 -2.22%
Natural gas 3.2607 0.03 0.77%
Gasoline 1.9214 0.06 -2.80%
Heating oil 2.3041 0.04 -1.70%
Gold 1,229.18 2.87 0.23%
Silver 14.6418 0.01 0.08%
Copper 2.7509 0.02 -0.54%
Soybeans 885.9224 0.25 -0.03%
Wheat 517.7525 6.50 -1.24%
Live Cattle 112.8052 0.08 -0.07%
Cotton 77.86 0.47 -0.60%
Rice 10.9509 0.07 0.60%
Coffee 121.25 3.60 3.06%
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GDPGDP YoYGDP QoQInterest rateInflation rateJobless rateGov. BudgetDebt/GDPCurrent AccountCurrencyPopulation
193912.90%4.20%2.25%2.30%3.70%-3.50%105.40%-2.4095.17325.72
125902.10%0.40%0.00%2.10%8.10%-0.90%86.70%3.501.16340.72
122386.70%1.80%4.35%2.50%3.83%-3.50%47.60%1.306.921390.08
48721.00%0.70%-0.10%1.30%2.40%-4.50%253.00%4.02112.24126.71
36772.00%0.50%0.00%2.30%3.40%1.30%64.10%8.001.1682.85
26221.20%0.40%0.75%2.40%4.00%-2.30%85.30%-4.101.3266.19
25978.20%1.90%6.50%3.77%3.52%-3.53%68.70%-1.9073.521283.60
25831.70%0.20%0.00%2.20%9.10%-2.60%97.00%-0.801.1667.19
20561.00%0.20%6.50%4.53%12.10%-7.80%74.04%-0.483.73207.66
19351.20%0.20%0.00%1.40%9.70%-2.30%131.80%2.801.1660.48
16531.90%0.70%1.50%2.80%5.90%-0.90%89.60%-3.001.2936.96
15781.90%0.90%7.50%3.40%4.60%-1.50%12.60%2.2065.41146.90
15312.80%0.60%1.50%1.90%4.00%-2.00%38.00%5.601123.7651.45
13233.40%0.90%1.50%2.10%5.30%-1.90%41.90%-3.100.7224.70
13112.50%0.60%0.00%2.30%15.30%-3.10%98.30%1.901.1646.66
11502.60%-0.20%7.75%5.02%3.50%-2.90%46.40%-1.6018.79123.52
10165.27%4.21%5.75%2.88%5.13%-2.50%28.70%-1.7015170.00261.90
8515.20%0.90%24.00%24.52%10.80%-1.50%28.30%-5.505.6980.81
8263.10%0.80%0.00%1.90%3.90%1.10%56.70%10.201.1617.12
6841.61%-0.05%2.75%2.20%6.10%-8.90%17.20%2.203.7532.61
6793.40%0.70%-0.75%1.00%2.40%1.20%29.70%9.800.998.48
638-4.20%-4.00%72.41%34.40%9.60%-3.90%57.10%-4.8035.8244.05
5793.30%0.80%1.38%1.72%3.69%-1.40%31.20%14.7030.8323.57
5382.50%0.80%-0.50%2.30%6.10%1.30%40.60%3.208.9010.12
5255.10%1.00%1.50%1.90%5.80%-1.70%50.60%0.303.7137.98
4931.40%0.40%0.00%2.35%6.50%-1.00%103.10%-0.201.1611.41
482-13.20%6.80%20.56%488865.00%7.30%-20.00%23.00%2.00248520.9031.43
4554.60%1.00%1.50%1.33%1.00%-2.70%41.80%10.6032.5066.19
4401.80%18.00%24.20%12.10%-2.20%32.10%4.2642000.0080.90
4172.70%0.60%0.00%2.00%6.90%-0.70%78.40%1.901.168.82
3993.30%0.40%0.75%3.40%4.00%4.40%36.20%5.708.155.30
3830.80%0.80%2.50%3.90%1.72%-2.60%20.70%6.903.679.40
3761.50%2.90%14.00%11.28%18.80%-5.10%21.30%2.00305.95190.89
3514.00%0.40%0.10%1.20%4.00%-2.15%60.90%4.103.658.81
3490.40%-0.70%6.50%4.90%27.20%-4.60%53.10%-2.5014.2357.73
3413.50%-0.20%2.50%2.30%2.80%2.20%38.40%4.207.847.41
3349.00%2.50%0.00%0.90%5.40%-0.30%68.00%12.501.164.84
3250.60%0.20%-0.65%0.60%3.90%1.00%36.40%7.906.455.78
3242.60%4.70%1.06%0.70%2.10%0.30%110.60%19.501.375.61
3154.50%0.30%3.25%0.20%3.40%-3.00%50.90%1.304.1532.05
3146.00%1.30%4.50%6.70%5.40%-2.20%42.10%-0.8053.88104.90
3092.80%0.60%4.25%3.23%9.20%-3.00%48.50%-3.303051.0049.29
3055.79%4.71%8.50%5.12%5.90%-5.80%67.20%-8.20130.62200.16
2775.30%0.70%2.50%3.10%7.30%-2.80%23.60%-1.50668.9818.37
2522.50%0.30%0.00%1.30%6.80%-0.60%61.40%0.701.165.51
2507.30%7.30%6.00%5.48%4.20%-4.80%27.10%-2.6084.65161.80
2355.40%5.40%16.75%16.00%9.90%-9.50%101.20%-6.5017.9196.20
2246.88%6.79%6.25%3.98%2.01%-3.50%61.50%2.9023339.0095.50
2182.30%0.50%0.00%1.40%6.70%-3.00%125.70%0.501.1610.29