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Housing starts

How many new homes broke ground last month, at a yearly pace. The corner of the economy that feels interest rates first.

History

Housing starts, annual ratelatest 1.221M (2026-09-01) · 441 prints
0.000M1.136M2.273M1995200020052010201520202025

Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, from Census Bureau data. Values shown are as currently published, so revisions are included here even though the game scores the first print.

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September housing starts
Oct 20, 2026
1.221M
line 1.300M · miss 0.079M
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