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February Housing Starts.....................>

US DATA
US DATA: February Housing Starts 
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- Feb housing starts -8.7% to 1.162m SAAR vs 1.205m exp by MNI and 
1.210m by BBG.
- Jan starts rev up to 1.273m from 1.230m, permits rev down to 1.317m 
from 1.345m.
- Starts in the South -6.8%, Midwest +26.8%, West -18.9%, Northeast 
-29.5%. 
- 1-family starts -17.0%, while multi-family starts +17.8%. 
- Building permits -1.6% to 1.296m SAAR vs 1.300m exp by MNI, 1.305m 
BBG. 1-family flat, multi-family -4.2%. 
- Housing completions +4.5% to 1.303m SAAR.

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