The latest reading on housing starts and building permits is set for release at the bottom of the hour.
Expectations are for the report to show starts rose 2.3% in December to an annualized pace of 1.2 million homes.
Building permits are expected to fall 6.4% to an annualized pace of 1.2 million.
We'll be back with the live numbers when they drop.
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