Economic Report: Coming up: U.S. new-home sales

Getty Images/iStockphotoThe federal government is set to release the January data regarding new-home sales Thursday morning. The median forecast among economists polled by MarketWatch was for new-home sales to drop slightly compared with the month prior. The report is set to be released at 10 a.m.

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