Rescheduled Housing Starts and New Home Sales on Tap -- Data Week Ahead Update

The following are median forecasts for this week's remaining U.S. data from a survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal.

 
DATE      TIME  RELEASE                       PERIOD     CONSENSUS    PREVIOUS 
Wednesday 0830  Durable Goods Orders           Dec       -2.0%   (23) +5.3% 
          0830  Housing Starts*                Nov        1.31M  (11)  1.246M 
                  -- percent change            Nov       +5.1%        -4.6% 
          0830  Building Permits*              Nov        1.40M  (8)   1.412M 
                  -- percent change            Nov       -0.8%        -0.2% 
          0830  Housing Starts*                Dec        1.31M  (19)  NA 
                  -- percent change            Dec        NA           NA 
          0830  Building Permits*              Dec        1.40M  (12)  NA 
                  -- percent change            Dec        NA           NA 
          0915  Industrial Production          Jan       +0.3%   (23) +0.4% 
          0915  Capacity Utilization           Jan        76.5%  (20)  76.3% 
Thursday  0830  Jobless Claims                 Feb 14     223K   (19)  227K 
          0830  Phila Fed Mfg Svy              Feb        10.0   (11)  12.6 
          0830  U.S. Trade Deficit             Dec       $55.5B  (21) $56.8B 
          1000  Leading Index                  Dec       -0.2%   (6)  -0.3% 
          1000  Pending Home Sales             Jan       +1.8%   (14) -9.3% 
Friday    0830  Real GDP (1st Reading)         4Q        +2.5%   (21) +4.4%** 
          0830  GDP Prices (1st Reading)       4Q        +2.7%   (8)  +3.8%** 
          0830  Personal Income                Dec       +0.2%   (23) +0.3% 
          0830  Consumer Spending              Dec       +0.4%   (21) +0.5% 
          0830  PCE Prices M/M                 Dec       +0.3%   (18) +0.2% 
          0830  PCE Prices Y/Y                 Dec       +2.8%   (14) +2.8% 
          0830  Core PCE Prices M/M            Dec       +0.3%   (22) +0.2% 
          0830  Core PCE Prices Y/Y            Dec       +3.0%   (16) +2.8% 
          0945  S&P Global Flash U.S. Mfg PMI  Feb        53.0   (9)   52.4*** 
          0945  S&P Global Flash U.S. Svcs PMI Feb        53.0   (7)   52.7*** 
          1000  New Home Sales****             Nov        740K   (12)  737K 
                  -- percent change            Nov       +0.4%        -0.1% 
          1000  New Home Sales****             Dec        738K   (15)  NA 
                  -- percent change            Dec        NA           NA 
          1000  Consumer Sentiment             Feb        57.3   (14)  57.3***** 
                  (Final) 
 
*Combined Nov/Dec report rescheduled from Dec. 16 and Jan. 21 
**3Q Final Reading 
***End-Jan Reading 
****Combined Nov/Dec report rescheduled from Dec. 23 and Jan. 27 
*****Feb Prelim Reading 
 
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.) 
 
Write to Donna Huneke at dataweekahead@wsj.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

February 17, 2026 14:00 ET (19:00 GMT)

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