Thursday: New Home Sales, Unemployment Claims

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

Thursday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released.  The consensus is for 190 thousand initial claims, down from 192 thousand last week.

• At 8:30 AM, Chicago Fed National Activity Index for February. This is a composite index of other data.

• At 10:00 AM, New Home Sales for February from the Census Bureau. The consensus is for 650 thousand SAAR, down from 670 thousand in January.

• At 11:00 AM, the Kansas City Fed manufacturing survey for March.