copyright 2009, The Washington Post A week's worth of economic headlines will be crammed into three days in the run-up to the Thanksgiving holiday. Monday The National Association of Realtors will report on existing-home sales for October, which are projected to show a continued increase in the pace of sales activity -- an annualized 5.7 million transactions, up from 5.6 million. But that would represent a slower rate of growth than in September, a 2.3 percent rise compared with 9.4 percent, showing that the housing rebound may be losing some steam. Tuesday Remember that 3.5 percent growth rate of gross domestic product in the third quarter? Turns out, it may not have been that strong. Analysts expect only a 2.9 percent rate of GDP growth when the Commerce Department revises the third-quarter number based on more complete information. Investment in commercial property looks to have been weaker than first thought, as does the contribution to GDP from trade. The slower growth rate would help explain why there still has been no improvement in the job market. But it also means the nation has that much further to climb to get out of the worst economic downturn in generations. Tuesday afternoon, the Federal Reserve will release the minutes of its last policymaking meeting, which could give hints as to how long the central bank is inclined to keep its target interest rate near zero. More interesting than the minutes will be an accompanying update of Fed leaders' forecasts for the economy in the coming years. In June, officials expected the unemployment rate to still be in the 9.5 to 9.8 percent range by the end of 2010; they may well up that projection further. Wednesday Data for October are expected to show a slight 0.2 percent rise in personal income and a healthy 0.5 percent rise in personal consumption expenditures, both of which would get the fourth quarter off to a solid start. Durable goods orders for October are forecast to rise 0.5 percent, a good forward-looking indicator. 