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Thu Data Roundup: Weekly Claims, Housing, Fed Speak: Bullard and Mester

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StL Fed president will get another chance to hammer home his hawkish stance (50bp liftoff at next FOMC on March 16) when he discusses his economic and policy outlook at Columbia Univ event late Thursday morning (no text but will answer audience questions). Cleveland Fed Mester later in the evening also shares her eco/mon-pol outlook at NYU business school, text, Q&A.

  • US Data/Speaker Calendar (prior, estimate)
  • Feb-17 0830 Initial Jobless Claims (223k, 218k)
  • Feb-17 0830 Continuing Claims (1.621M, 1.605M)
  • Feb-17 0830 Building Permits (1.885M rev, 1.750M); MoM (9.8% rev, -7.2%)
  • Feb-17 0830 Housing Starts (1.702M, 1.693M); MoM (1.4%, -0.4%)
  • Feb-17 0830 Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook (23.2, 20.0)
  • Feb-17 1000 Existing Home Sales (6.18M, 6.10M); MoM (-4.6%, -1.3%)
  • Feb-17 1000 Leading Index (0.8%, 0.2%)
  • Feb-17 1030 NY Fed buy-op: Tsy 10Y-22.5Y, appr $1.625B steady
  • Feb-17 1100 StL Fed Bullard eco/mon-pol outlook, Columbia U event, no text, Q&A
  • Feb-17 1130 US Tsy $50B 4W, $40B 8W bill auctions
  • Feb-17 1300 US Tsy $9B 30Y TIPS auction (912810TE8)
  • Feb-17 1700 Cleveland Fed Mester eco/mon-pol outlook, NYU business school, text, Q&A

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