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title: Building Permits
description: "Building Permits, Oct 20, 2026: actual 1.40M, forecast 1.39M, previous 1.40M · ABOVE FORECAST. The full read is on Helious, with the market reaction."
source: Helious
canonical: "https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-7dfa804d5175a624/building-permits-mom-1-40m"
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Economic release
              20 Oct 2026, 12:30 UTC



# Building Permits (MoM): 1.40M




           Actual1.40M
           Forecast1.39M
           Previous1.40M

               Surprise
               +0.22σ

           VerdictABOVE FORECAST
           ReadBonds BEARISH · Equities BEARISH


            Building Permits (MoM): Actual 1.40M, forecast 1.39M, prev 1.40M. Surprise: ABOVE FORECAST by 0.2 sigma. Desk read: Bonds BEARISH · Equities BEARISH.





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