The Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index declined 5.7% for the week. It was the third consecutive week of losses and the worst week for stocks since March 2020. Yet the economic data released this past week indicated strong growth is ahead for the U.S. economy. Housing starts unexpectedly rose sharply in December, according to Census Bureau data released Wednesday. With 1.7 million housing starts in December, growth in homebuilding has n..