Treasury yields drifted modestly higher and steeper overnight on below-average volumes. The primary macro focus for today will be Fed Chair Powell’s fireside chat at 1:15pm ET. In China, Q1 GDP growth exceeded expectations (5.3% vs 4.8%), boosted by government spending, but March retail sales and industrial production both fell short of expectations. In the U.S., housing starts fell 14.7% in March to a 1.458-million-unit annual pace, well below expectations. This included a 12.4% decline in single-family starts and a 21.7% decline in multifamily starts. Building permits, which are a more forward-looking metric, were also lower in March, including a 5.7% decline in single-family permits.
Jason Haley
Chief Investment Officer
Date | Event | Survey | Actual | Prior | Revised |
4/16/2024 | Housing Starts | 1485k | 1321k | 1521k | 1549k |
4/16/2024 | Building Permits | 1510k | 1458k | 1518k | 1523k |
4/16/2024 | Housing Starts MoM | -2.40% | -14.70% | 10.70% | 12.70% |
4/16/2024 | Building Permits MoM | -0.90% | -4.30% | 1.90% | 2.30% |
4/16/2024 | New York Fed Services Business Activity | — | -0.6 | 0.6 | — |
4/16/2024 | Industrial Production MoM | 0.40% | — | 0.10% | — |
4/16/2024 | Capacity Utilization | 78.50% | — | 78.30% | — |
4/16/2024 | Manufacturing (SIC) Production | 0.20% | — | 0.80% | — |
4/17/2024 | MBA Mortgage Applications | — | — | 0.10% | — |
4/17/2024 | Federal Reserve Releases Beige Book | ||||
4/17/2024 | Total Net TIC Flows | — | — | -$8.8b | — |
4/17/2024 | Net Long-term TIC Flows | — | — | $36.1b | — |
4/18/2024 | Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook | 2.3 | — | 3.2 | — |
4/18/2024 | Initial Jobless Claims | 215k | — | 211k | — |
4/18/2024 | Continuing Claims | 1817k | — | 1817k | — |
4/18/2024 | Leading Index | -0.10% | — | 0.10% | — |
4/18/2024 | Existing Home Sales | 4.20m | — | 4.38m | — |
4/18/2024 | Existing Home Sales MoM | -4.10% | — | 9.50% | — |
4/19/2024 | Bloomberg April United States Economic Survey | ||||
4/22/2024 | Chicago Fed Nat Activity Index | — | — | 0.05 | — |
4/23/2024 | Philadelphia Fed Non-Manufacturing Activity | — | — | -18.3 | — |
4/23/2024 | S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI | — | — | 51.9 | — |
4/23/2024 | S&P Global US Services PMI | — | — | 51.7 | — |
4/23/2024 | S&P Global US Composite PMI | — | — | 52.1 | — |
4/23/2024 | Revisions: Retail Sales | ||||
4/23/2024 | New Home Sales | 673k | — | 662k | — |
4/23/2024 | New Home Sales MoM | 1.60% | — | -0.30% | — |
4/23/2024 | Richmond Fed Manufact. Index | — | — | -11 | — |
4/23/2024 | Richmond Fed Business Conditions | — | — | -8 | — |
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