Thursday: Housing Starts, Unemployment Claims, Philly Fed Mfg

Thursday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released.  The consensus is for a decrease to 910 thousand from 965 thousand last week.

• Also at 8:30 AM, Housing Starts for December. The consensus is for 1.560 million SAAR, up from 1.547 million SAAR.

• Also at 8:30 AM, the Philly Fed manufacturing survey for January. The consensus is for a reading of 12.3, up from 9.1.