A report released by the Commerce Department on Wednesday showed a notable pullback in new home sales in the U.S. in the month of June.The Commerce Department said new home sales slumped by 2.5 percent to an annual rate of 697,000 in June after surging by 6.6 percent to a downwardly revised rate of 715,000 in May.Economists had expected new home sales to tumble by 5.0 percent to a rate of 725,000 ...
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May 22, 2026 14:46 ET Minutes of the latest Fed policy session was the highlight of the week along with survey data on the U.S. housing market. In Europe, survey data signaled the trends in the euro area private sector. Further, consumer price inflation data from the U.K. was in focus. In Asia, various economic indicators from China drew attention to the health of the economy.