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(Bloomberg) -- Consumer price index seen unchanged m/m in July after increasing 0.2% in June (forecast range -0.1% to +0.2%); index tracks prices in “market basket” of goods, services.

• Core CPI, which excludes cost of food and energy, seen rising 0.2% last month after increasing 0.2% prior month (forecast range +0.1% to +0.3%)
• With CPI, “headline will continue to run below the core, due to energy price weakness”: Bloomberg Intelligence
• Housing starts seen falling 0.9% in July to 1.180 annual rate (forecast range 1.108 to 1.2m); tracks number of new units started during reference period
• Building permits seen rising 0.6% in July to 1.160m rate (forecast range 1.140m to 1.185m); tracks number of permits approved for new construction, additions, major renovations