Thursday: Housing Starts, Unemployment Claims, Philly Fed Mfg

Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.

Thursday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, Housing Starts for February. The consensus is for 1.310 million SAAR, up from 1.309 million SAAR.

• Also at 8:30 AM, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released.  The consensus is for 205 thousand initial claims, down from 211 thousand last week.

• Also at 8:30 AM, the Philly Fed manufacturing survey for March. The consensus is for a reading of -14.8, up from -24.3.