Economic Report: Coming up: U.S. existing-home sales

Getty Images/iStockphotoThe National Association of Realtors is set to release the January edition of its existing-home sales report Friday morning. Economists polled by MarketWatch expect the pace of home sales to come in around 6.1 million, which would represent a slight decrease from the rate of 6.18 million set in December. The report will be released at 10 a.m.

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