Housing Starts Suffer Worst Streak Since Jan 2009, Permits Plunge

For the first time since Jan 09, Housing Starts dropped for the 3rd month in a row in May, drastically missing expectations (-5.5% vs +4.1% exp.) with both March and April revised notably lower. Building Permits also tumbled in May and massively missed expectations (-4.9% vs +1.7% exp.).
No one saw it coming…

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Jun 16, 2017.