US housing starts rose more than expected in March, according to data released by the Commerce Department on Tuesday. Housing starts were up 1.9% to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 1.319m units, versus expectations for a rise to 1.262m. The February figure, meanwhile, was revised to 1.295m from 1.236m. Single-family housing starts in March fell 3.7% to 867,000 from February's revised 900,000 and permits for new construction were 2.5% higher to 1.354m last month, which was above consensus ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...