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title: "Pending Home Sales (MoM): -2.3 · Aug 18, 2026"
description: "US data, Aug 18, 2026: actual -2.3, forecast 0.3, previous -5.4 · BELOW FORECAST. Captured seconds after release with the live Treasury and equity reaction."
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ECONOMIC RELEASE
              18 Aug 2026, 14:00 UTC



# Pending Home Sales (MoM): -2.3




           Actual-2.3
           Forecast0.3
           Previous-5.4

               Surprise
               -1.44σ

           VerdictBELOW FORECAST
           ReadBonds BULLISH · Equities BEARISH


            Pending Home Sales (MoM) — Actual -2.3, forecast 0.3, prev -5.4. BELOW FORECAST · -1.4σ. Bonds BULLISH · Equities BEARISH.






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