Housing Permits Total (monthly)
1,423↓ 7%vs ~6 weeks ago
Monthly total US private housing units authorized by building permits.
Classic leading indicator permits precede starts by 1-2 months,
construction spending by 6-9 months.
last fired 16.8 years ago
Historically, on fire days, SPY averaged -6.0% over the next year — moving in the opposite direction as the signal 65% of the time.
−8.2%SPY over the 3 mo after the last fire
EXCEEDED HISTORY
↑55%
+0.03%
↓56%
−0.05%
↓62%
−0.90%
↓64%
−2.1%
↓63%
−3.1%
↓65%
−6.0%