United States Housing Starts m/m

Country: United States, USD
Importance:
Medium
Sector: Housing
Source: Census Bureau
Last release
12 Mar 2026 12:30 GMT
Actual
7.2%
Forecast
-3.7%
Previous
4.8%
Next release
29 Apr 2026 12:30 GMT
Actual
Coming in 1 day
Forecast
2.9%
Previous
7.2%
Actual
Forecast
2 years 5 years All time
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
18 Feb 2021
Jan 2021
-6.0%
0.6%
21 Jan 2021
Dec 2020
5.8%
-0.8%
17 Dec 2020
Nov 2020
1.2%
0.8%
18 Nov 2020
Oct 2020
4.9%
-0.6%
20 Oct 2020
Sep 2020
1.9%
0.5%
17 Sept 2020
Aug 2020
-5.1%
-0.2%
18 Aug 2020
Jul 2020
22.6%
-0.1%
17 Jul 2020
Jun 2020
17.3%
1.6%
17 Jun 2020
May 2020
4.3%
245.5%
19 May 2020
Apr 2020
-30.2%
52.9%
16 Apr 2020
Mar 2020
-22.3%
6.4%
18 Mar 2020
Feb 2020
-1.5%
-4.9%
19 Feb 2020
Jan 2020
-3.6%
-30.7%
17 Jan 2020
Dec 2019
16.9%
-3.8%
17 Dec 2019
Nov 2019
3.2%
2.5%
19 Nov 2019
Oct 2019
3.8%
0.6%
17 Oct 2019
Sep 2019
-9.4%
-8.6%
18 Sept 2019
Aug 2019
12.3%
4.5%
16 Aug 2019
Jul 2019
-4.0%
-1.7%
17 Jul 2019
Jun 2019
-0.9%
1.9%

Housing Starts m/m reflects changes in the number of new residential construction projects compared to the previous month.

The indicator allows evaluating the short-term construction sector outlook.

The indicator growth can have a positive effect on dollar quotes.

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