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U.S. Existing Home Sales

Latest Release

May 19, 2022

Actual

5.61M

Forecast

5.65M

5.75M

Existing Home Sales measures the change in the annualised number of existing residential buildings that were sold during the prior month. This report helps to gauge the strength of the U.S. housing market and is an important indicator of overall economic strength.

A reading that is stronger than forecast is generally supportive (bullish) for the USD, while a weaker than forecast reading is generally negative (bearish) for the USD.

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Source: National Association of Realto...

Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
May 19, 2022 (Apr)	15:00	5.61M	5.65M	5.75M
Apr 20, 2022 (Mar)	15:00	5.77M	5.80M	5.93M
Mar 18, 2022 (Feb)	15:00	6.02M	6.10M	6.49M
Feb 18, 2022 (Jan)	16:00	6.50M	6.10M	6.09M
Jan 20, 2022 (Dec)	16:00	6.18M	6.44M	6.48M
Dec 22, 2021 (Nov)	16:00	6.46M	6.52M	6.34M

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