07:56 AM EDT, 05/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Canada will release housing starts for April at 8:15 a.m. ET Thursday and they may pick up, stated Scotiabank.

Advance guidance from Statistics Canada has already pointed to expected drops in the value of manufacturing sales during March and wholesale trade, both out at 8:30 a.m. ET.

Existing home sales in April will try to arrest the four-month slide since December when they are released at 9: a.m. ET Thursday, added the bank.