Note: Still catching up on New Home sales following the government shutdown. The report released tomorrow will be for January. The February new home sales report is scheduled for March 29th. The March report will be released on the normal schedule.



Thursday:

• At 8:30 AM, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for 225 thousand initial claims, up from 223 thousand the previous week.



• At 10:00 AM, New Home Sales for January from the Census Bureau. The consensus is for 620 thousand SAAR, down from 621 thousand in December.