Special Note on Government Shutdown: If the Government shutdown continues, then some additional releases will be delayed. For example, this coming week, the new home sales and durable goods reports will not be released if the government remains shutdown - and probably delayed even if the government opens. (see bottom for key releases already delayed).



The key reports scheduled for this week are December New and Existing Home sales.



For manufacturing, the January Richmond and Kansas City Fed manufacturing surveys will be released.





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All US markets will be closed in observance of 10:00 AM:for December from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The consensus is for 5.24 million SAAR, down from 5.32 million.The graph shows existing home sales from 1994 through the report last month.Housing economist Tom Lawler expects the NAR to report sales of 4.97 million SAAR for December.7:00 AM ET: The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the9:00 AM:for November 2018. This was originally a GSE only repeat sales, however there is also an expanded index.10:00 AM:for January.During the day: The AIA'sfor December (a leading indicator for commercial real estate).8:30 AM: Thereport will be released. The consensus is for 217 thousand initial claims, up from 213 thousand the previous week.11:00 AM: thefor December.8:30 AM:for December from the Census Bureau. The consensus is for a 1.8% increase in durable goods orders. 10:00 AM:for December from the Census Bureau.This graph shows New Home Sales since 1963. The dashed line is the sales rate for October (November was not released).The consensus is for 565 thousand SAAR.(Census) for November from the Census Bureau. The consensus was for 560 thousand SAAR, up from 544 thousand in October.(Census) for November. The consensus was for a 0.3% increase in construction spending.(BEA) for December. The consensus was for light vehicle sales to be 17.2 million SAAR in December, down from 17.4 million in November (Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate).(Census) for November from the Census Bureau. The consensus was the trade deficit would be $53.9 billion. The U.S. trade deficit was at $55.5 billion in October.for December. (Census) The consensus was for a 0.2% increase in retail sales.for December. (Census) The consensus was for 1.256 million SAAR, unchanged from 1.256 million SAAR.