Data on real estate sales in the United States

• Existing home sales (m/m) (Mar), fat -4.9%, forecast -3.8%.
• Existing home sales (Mar), fact 5.21M, forecast 5.30M.

Real estate sales in the secondary market of the United States unexpectedly slowed down in March, dropping to the level of last November. This indicator was not critical, but in the conditions of a slowdown in the construction of new homes in the United States, this figure confirms concerns about a slowdown in the US real estate market.

Fig. 1. Existing home sales in the US 

The US dollar index accelerated the decline against the basket of major competitors, on weak statistics and the preservation of the corrective movement, in fact, continuing the movement against Thursday, limited to support levels: 97.30 and 97.20.

Fig. 2. The US dollar index chart. The current price is 97.30 (10-year government bonds yield is the blue line)

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