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US Housing Starts Plummet In July, Near COVID Lows
US Housing Starts Plummet In July, Near COVID Lows
After Housing Starts exploded higher in June (driven by a massive rebound in multi-family units), July was expected to see a reflexive decline of 5.9% MoM...
...things were considerably worse, with US Housing Starts plunging 12.4% MoM (the third major monthly drop in four months)...
On the other hand, the more forward-looking Building Permits (preliminary for July) rose 5.0% MoM (well above the 0.6% MoM expected), after two months in a row of declines.
On a SAAR basis, Starts at back near post-COVID lows...
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