This Week: Housing starts, Fed policy update, Slack IPO

In the week ahead, China issues data on business activity, Brazil’s central bank releases a policy statement, and the U.S. will see reports on retail sales, housing starts and industrial production......»»

Any rally today will have a fight on its hands against a cascade of fresh dismal data. Initial jobless claims of 5.2 million last week came in a little worse than analysts had expected, and housing starts fell out of bed in March with a 22.3% decline. .....»»

Key world equity indexes scaled new highs on Friday as a surge in U.S. housing starts to levels last seen in 2006 powered stocks while the greenback rose to a one-week high against the euro on expectations of solid economic growth......»»

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Gold futures settled at a slight loss on Monday, finding little reason to move in either direction ahead of a mid-week policy update from the Federal Reserve and a U.K. general election that could roil markets......»»

Gold futures head higher Monday, with weakness in the U.S. dollar helping to prop up the yellow metal ahead of a policy update from the Federal Reserve at the middle of the week and a U.K. general election that could roil markets......»»

Gold futures head higher Friday morning as weakness in the U.S. dollar helps to prop up the yellow metal ahead of a policy update from the Federal Reserve due in the middle of the week and a U.K. general election that could roil markets......»»

S&P 500 Earnings Update: Financial Sector Starts Reporting Next Week.....»»

Record Week For Stocks On Easy Monetary Policy And Uptrend In Housing Data.....»»

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was trading solidly lower late-morning Thursday, with the blue-chip benchmark on track to finish at its lowest level .....»»

Canadian Dollar: USD/CAD (CAD=X) release of housing starts and building permits this week USD/CAD showed limited activity last week and ended the week with slight gains. There are no major Canadian events in the upcoming week. We’ll get .....»»

The U.S. dollar turns negative, dropping to its lowest level since early February, on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve reaffirms its dovish policy stance......»»

U.S. stock futures move higher Tuesday, lifted by optimism over earnings to come. Goldman Sachs results are on the docket, as is a clutch of Federal Reserve speakers and an update on housing starts......»»

U.S. stock futures move higher Tuesday, lifted by optimism over earnings to come. Goldman Sachs results are on the docket, as is a clutch of Federal Reserve speakers and an update on housing starts......»»

Retail sales likely rebounded in March after a three-month slump. A report will come out Monday. Reports on housing starts and industrial production are also expected this week.   
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In the week ahead, the U.S. will see data on housing starts and home sales, while Brazil’s central bank makes an interest-rate decision and manufacturing numbers from Europe are released......»»

A batch of reports on housing -- builder sentiment, housing starts and existing home sales -- highlights a light week of economic .....»»

The week ahead features data on U.S. retail sales, industrial production and housing starts, while Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will testify on Capitol Hill. In Japan, June consumer-price figures will be released......»»

Major currencies see muted action Tuesday as investors await the Federal Reserve’s highly anticipated interest-rate decision and policy update on Wednesday, the major event of the week......»»

With economists expecting another frothy core-CPI print north of 2% when the BLS releases its September update on consumer prices later this week, shelters costs - and particularly rent - are expected to be a major contributor to thes.....»»