This Week's Economic Indicators

Published March 16, 2015, 1:00 a.m. EDT

Updated March 13, 2015, 8:55 p.m. EDT

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Day	Indicator	Last Report	Forecast
Monday	Empire State Manufacturing	Feb.: 7.78	March: 7.25
Monday	Industrial Production	Jan.: +0.2%	Feb.: +0.3%
Monday	Capacity Utilization	Jan.: 79.4	Feb.: 79.5
Monday	NAHB Housing Index	Feb.: 55	March: 56
Tuesday	Housing Starts	Jan.: 1.065M	Feb.: 1.053M
Tuesday	Building Permits	Jan.: 1.053M	Feb.: 1.065M
Thursday	Current Account	Q3: -$100.3B	Q4: -$101.2B
Thursday	Initial Jobless Claims	3/7: 289,000	3/14: n/a
Thursday	Continuing Claims	2/28: 2.418M	3/7: n/a
Thursday	Philly Fed Manufacturing	Feb.: 5.2	March: 5.5

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