Annualized pace of new residential construction begun.
Construction reacts to interest rates before anything else — starts turn first when high rates start to hurt.
Usual market effect. Actual above forecast is typically good for the dollar.
| Release | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 2026-10-20 | 1.221M | 1.300M | 1.288M | Bullish |
| Sep 2026 2026-09-17 | 1.275M | 1.320M | 1.309M | Bullish |
| Aug 2026 2026-08-18 | 1.239M | 1.340M | 1.415M | Bullish |
| Aug 2026 2026-08-17 | 1.239M | 1.340M | 1.415M | Bullish |
| Jul 2026 2026-07-17 | 1.427M | 1.310M | 1.199M | Bearish |
| Jun 2026 2026-06-16 | 1.177M | 1.430M | 1.392M | Bullish |
| May 2026 2026-05-21 | 1.465M | 1.420M | 1.507M | Bearish |
| Apr 2026 2026-04-29 | 1.502M | 1.380M | 1.398M | Bearish |
| Mar 2026 2026-03-12 | 1.487M | 1.340M | 1.387M | Bearish |
| Mar 2026 2026-03-11 | 1.487M | 1.340M | 1.387M | Bearish |
| Feb 2026 2026-02-18 | 1.404M | 1.310M | 1.272M | Bearish |
| Jan 2026 2026-01-09 | 1.306M | 1.330M | 1.307M | Bullish |
| Jan 2026 2026-01-08 | 1.306M | 1.330M | 1.307M | Bullish |
| Sep 2025 2025-09-17 | 1.307M | 1.370M | 1.429M | Bullish |
| Aug 2025 2025-08-19 | 1.428M | 1.290M | 1.358M | Bearish |
| Jul 2025 2025-07-18 | 1.321M | 1.290M | 1.263M | Bearish |
| Jun 2025 2025-06-18 | 1.256M | 1.350M | 1.392M | Bullish |
| May 2025 2025-05-16 | 1.361M | 1.360M | 1.339M | Bearish |
| Apr 2025 2025-04-17 | 1.324M | 1.420M | 1.494M | Bullish |
| Mar 2025 2025-03-18 | 1.501M | 1.380M | 1.350M | Bearish |
| Feb 2025 2025-02-19 | 1.366M | 1.390M | 1.515M | Bullish |
| Jan 2025 2025-01-17 | 1.499M | 1.330M | 1.294M | Bearish |
| Dec 2024 2024-12-18 | 1.289M | 1.350M | 1.312M | Bullish |
| Nov 2024 2024-11-19 | 1.311M | 1.340M | 1.353M | Bullish |
“Read” is Tape Desk's own bullish/bearish call on how the surprise usually lands for US stock indexes. It is a rule of thumb, not advice.
Tape Desk puts the US economic calendar next to a live market-moving news tape, so you see the actual the second it prints instead of refreshing a calendar page. High-impact releases fire an alert 15 minutes ahead and again on release.