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U.S. Housing Starts Pull Sharply, But Building Permits Unexpectedly Rise

The Commerce Department released a report on Thursday showing new residential construction in the U.S. pulled back sharply in the month of January.

The report said housing starts tumbled by 4.1 percent to an annual rate of 1.638 million in January after inching up by 0.3 percent to a revised rate of 1.708 million in December.

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