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October 13, 2026 3:59 PM UTC
After August saw new home sales reach an 8-month high of 684k, we expect September to slip to 630k, which would be the lowest since a matching outcome in February. That would be down 7.9% from August though risk is that August’s 6.4% increase will be revised lower.
October 13, 2026 2:19 PM UTC
September existing home sales rose by 1.5% after a 3.2% decline in August, with August’s decline revised from -2.0%. This leaves the data slightly stronger than expected though still on a weakening trend, which is likely to continue given rising mortgage rates.
October 13, 2026 12:33 PM UTC
We expect a stronger rise of 0.6% in overall CPI in September, but a moderate 0.2% increase ex food and energy. Before rounding we expect the respective gains to be 0.57% and 0.19%. The latter would be a significant slowing from August’s 0.29%, but the former would be the strongest since April.
October 12, 2026 4:05 PM UTC
The economy is expected to have contracted by -0.1% m/m in August following a gain of 0.4% in July. Recall that July’s outturn was better than markets had ben expecting with growth boosted by the services sector, computer programming, and a spending boom in AI and cloud computing activities. Beyon