Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of April 8 And April 15

Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.
		Prior
	Forecast	Observation

Week of April 8
April 9
NFIB Small Business Optimism Index - March	90.0	89.4

April 10
Consumer Price Index - March	0.4%	0.4
Core CPI	0.3	0.4

Wholesale Inventories - February (r)	0.8%	0.8
Treasury Budget - March	-$220.0B	-296.3

April 11
Producer Price Index - March	0.3%	0.6
PPI less food, energy and trade services	0.2	0.4

April 12
Export Prices - March	0.1%	0.8
Import Prices	0.1	0.3
Import Prices, Ex-Petroleum	0.0	0.2

Michigan Consumer Sentiment - April (p)	77.5	79.4

Week of April 15
April 15
Retail Sales - March	0.5%	0.6
Retail Sales, ex Autos	0.5	0.3
Retail Sales, ex-Autos, Gas	0.5	0.3

NY Fed Manufacturing Index	-11.7	-20.9
Business Inventories - February	0.4%	0.0
NAHB Index - April	52	51

April 16
Housing Starts - March	1.487K	1.521
Building Permits	1.510	1.518

Industrial Production - March	0.4%	0.1
Manufacturing	-0.1	0.8
Capacity Utilization	78.5	78.3

April 18
Philadelphia Fed Survey	0.0	3.2
Leading Indicators - March	0.1%	0.1
Existing Home Sales - March	4.00M	4.38

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