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United States Building Permits 2026-06-16: data, chart, and analysis

The 2026-05-31 Building Permits release printed 1,413.00. The previous reading was 1,423.00, while the forecast field is 1,430.17. Traders usually read this release against the recent trend, the Federal Reserve policy bias, and the surprise versus consensus.

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Actual
1,413.00
Previous
1,423.00
Forecast
1,430.17

FXMacroData Blended Forecast

Public release ID
usd_building_permits_2026-06-16

United States Building Permits release chart

Market context, recent readings, and scenario notes for this announcement.

United States Building Permits chart through 2026-05-31
USD Building Permits readings through 2026-05-31. Latest: 1,413.00.

Building Permits release read

The 2026-05-31 Building Permits release printed 1,413.00. The previous reading was 1,423.00, while the forecast field is 1,430.17. Traders usually read this release against the recent trend, the Federal Reserve policy bias, and the surprise versus consensus.

The forecast marker for this release is 1,430.17 from FXMacroData Blended Forecast. That gives the release a clean actual-versus-expected reference point instead of forcing readers to move between the old release article, the API docs page, and the country indicator history.

The parent Building Permits page shows the full time series for United States. This page narrows the record to the individual release, keeping the realised value, prior value, forecast field, announcement-date URL, and source payload together at one canonical URL.

For USD event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID usd_building_permits_2026-06-16
API announcement ID usd_building_permits_2026-05-31
Announcement date 2026-06-16
Reference period date 2026-05-31
Actual value 1,413.00
Previous value 1,423.00
Forecast 1,430.17 FXMacroData Blended Forecast
Surprise -17.17
Announcement timestamp 2026-06-16T08:30:00-04:00

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full United States Building Permits history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

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Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
  "announcement_datetime": 1781613000,
  "announcement_datetime_local": "2026-06-16T08:30:00-04:00",
  "announcement_id": "usd_building_permits_2026-05-31",
  "collected_at_iso": "2026-07-04T04:53:51.174841Z",
  "collected_at_ns": 1783140831174841003,
  "date": "2026-05-31",
  "forecast": 1430.17,
  "forecast_source_label": "FXMacroData Blended Forecast",
  "pct_change_mom": -0.7,
  "pct_change_yoy": -0.21,
  "prediction_type": "fxmacrodata",
  "previous_value": 1423.0,
  "val": 1413.0
}