Both permits for construction of privately-owned housing units and beginning construction in May were well below expectations, the second consecutive month in which both declined. Each of the two measures was also below its respective pace one year earlier. The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development said permits for residential housing units were issued at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,168,000. This was 4.9 percent off the April rate of 1,228,000 units, a revision from its original estimate of 1,229,000. The May number also fell short, by 0.8 percent, of the 1,178,000-permit pace in May 2016. Analysts polled by Econoday had been looking for permits in the range of 1,240 to 1.260 million. The consensus was 1.249 million. Single family authorizations were

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