Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.
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Week of May 6 |
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May 7 |
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Consumer Credit – March |
15.5 |
14.1 |
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May 8 |
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Wholesale Inventories – March |
-0.4% |
-0.4 |
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May 10 |
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Treasury Budget – April |
$270.0B |
-236.5 |
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Michigan Consumer Sentiment – May (p) |
77.2 |
77.2 |
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Week of May 13 |
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May 14 |
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NFIB Small Business Optimism – April |
88.5 |
88.5 |
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Producer Price Index – April |
0.2% |
0.2 |
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PPI less food, energy and trade services |
0.3 |
0.2 |
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May 15 |
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Consumer Price Index – April |
0.3% |
0.4 |
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Core CPI |
0.3 |
0.4 |
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Retail Sales – April |
0.4% |
0.7 |
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Retail Sales, ex Autos |
0.4 |
1.1 |
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Retail Sales,ex autos and gas |
0.4 |
1.0 |
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NY Fed Manufacturing Index |
-7.7 |
-14.3 |
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Business Inventories – March |
0.0% |
0.3 |
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NAHB Index – May |
52 |
51 |
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May 16 |
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Housing Starts – April |
1.435M |
1.321 |
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Building Permits |
1.500 |
1.458 |
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Philadelphia Fed Survey |
9.4 |
15.5 |
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Export Prices – April |
0.2% |
0.3 |
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Import Prices |
0.1 |
0.4 |
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Import Prices, Ex-Petroleum |
-0.1 |
0.0 |
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Industrial Production – April |
0.2% |
0.4 |
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Capacity Utilization |
0.0 |
0.5 |
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Manufacturing |
78.4 |
78.4 |
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May 17 |
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Leading Indicators |
-0.2 |
-0.3 |
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