housing starts
noun
: the number of new houses that people started to build
Housing starts declined in September.
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Other positive economic updates this week included a better-than-expected read on June industrial production and capacity utilization; lower-than-expected initial jobless claims for the week ending June 12; strong June retail sales, and slight beat on June housing starts.
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 19 July 2025
Also on Wednesday, the Federal Reserve’s beige book survey of business and economic conditions will be issued, while retail sales will be available on Thursday, and housing starts come out on Friday.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 13 July 2025
By contrast, new housing starts were at a 30-year high in 2007.
—Jennifer Horton, The Tennessean, 8 July 2025
Weakening retail sales and drooping housing starts are also indicators of possible trouble ahead.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 20 June 2025
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 19 July 2025
Also on Wednesday, the Federal Reserve’s beige book survey of business and economic conditions will be issued, while retail sales will be available on Thursday, and housing starts come out on Friday.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 13 July 2025
By contrast, new housing starts were at a 30-year high in 2007.
—Jennifer Horton, The Tennessean, 8 July 2025
Weakening retail sales and drooping housing starts are also indicators of possible trouble ahead.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 20 June 2025
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“Housing starts.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20starts. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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