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Housing Starts (Jul. 16)

Housing starts managed to rise modestly for the second month in a row in July, but their overall performance remains lacklustre. But with so few existing homes for sale and the labour market creating jobs at a solid clip, the conditions are in place for builders to begin upping production in the coming months.

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