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Here Comes Housing Starts...

Steven PerlbergDec 18, 2013, 18:53 IST

REUTERS/Mike Blake

Housing starts and building permits data are due out at 8:30 a.m. ET this morning.

Economists predict that permits fell to 990,000 at an annualized rate, down from 1.034 million in October.

Housing starts, economists believe, will come in at 955,000.

"Relatively weak home sales likely have tempered the momentum of new construction," wrote Wells Fargo's John Silvia.

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