Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of April 3 And 10

Forecast

Prior Observation

Consensus

Week of April 3

April 3

PMI Manufacturing Index - March

49.3

49.3

ISM (Mfg) - March

47.5

47.7

47.5

ISM Prices

Construction Spending - February

0.0%

-0.1

0.0

Auto Sales - March

14.9M

14.9

Car Sales

3.0

3.0

Truck Sales

11.9

11.9

April 4

Factory Orders - February

-0.4%

-1.9

-0.5

Durable Goods Orders 

-1.0

-5.0

Nondurable Goods Orders 

0.2

1.5

JOLTS - February

10.400M

10.824

10.400

April 5

ADP Employment Report - March

210

240

205

International Trade - February

-$72.0

-68.3

-69.0

PMI Services Index - March

53.8

53.8

ISM Services - March

54.6

55.1

54.5

ISM Prices

ISM Business Activity

April 6

Initial Unemployment Claims

198K

198

200

April 7

Nonfarm Payrolls - March

235K

311

238

Private

210

265

213

Manufacturing

15

0

5

Unemployment

3.6%

3.6

3.6

Average Workweek

34.5HR

34.5

34.5

Average Hourly Earnings

0.3%

0.2

0.3

Consumer Credit - February

20.0M

14.8

18.0

Week of April 10

April 10

Wholesale Inventories - February (r)

0.2%

0.2

April 11

NFIB Small Business Optimism Index - March

89.9

90.9

April 12

Consumer Price Index - March

0.4%

0.4

Core CPI

0.4

0.5

Energy

-0.6

Treasury Budget - March

-$260.0

-262.4

April 13

Producer Price Index - March

0.2%

-0.1

PPI less food, energy and trade services

0.3

0.2

April 14

Retail Sales - March

0.2%

-0.4

Retail Sales, ex Autos

0.4

-0.1

Retail Sales, ex-Autos, Gas

0.6

0.0

Export Prices - March

-0.4%

0.2

Import Prices

0.4

-0.1

Import Prices, Ex-Petroleum

0.0

-0.4

Industrial Production - March 

0.5%

0.0

Manufacturing

0.1

0.1

Capacity Utilization

78.3

78.0

Business Inventories - February

0.3%

-0.1

Michigan Consumer Sentiment - April (p)

43.5

43.8