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Housing Starts (May.)

Single-family starts saw the largest monthly increase in nearly three years in May, suggesting homebuilders have been responding to the recent rises in new home sales. We still expect a mild recession later this year will slow the recovery, but such strong data in May could mean starts will end the year stronger than previously expected.

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