Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of Dec. 9 & 16

Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.
		Prior
	Forecast	Observation
Week of December 9
December 9
Wholesale Inventories - October (p)	0.0%	-0.2

December 10
NFIB Small Business Optimism Index -November	94.0	93.7

Productivity - Q3 (r)	2.2%	2.2
Unit Labor Costs	1.9	1.9

December 11
Consumer Price Index - November	0.2%	0.2
Core CPI	0.3	0.3

Treasury Budget - November	-$356.0B	-257.7

December 12
Producer Price Index - November	0.2%	0.2
PPI less food, energy and trade services	0.3	0.3

December 13
Export Prices - November	-0.3%	0.8
Import Prices	-0.3	0.3

Week of December 16
December 16
NY Fed Manufacturing Index	3.0	31.2

December 17
Retail Sales - November	0.4%	0.4
Retail Sales, ex Autos	0.3	0.1
Retail Sales, ex Autos and Gas	0.4	0.1

Industrial Production - November	0.2%	-0.3
Capacity Utilization	77.2	77.1
Manufacturing	0.3	-0.5

Business Inventories - October	0.2%	0.1
NAHB Index	48	46

December 18
Housing Starts - November	1.332M	1.311
Building Permits	14.25	1.416

Current Account - Q3	-$2.87.0	-266.8
FMOC	4.375	4.625

December 19
GDP - Q3 (f)	2.8%	2.8

Leading Indicators - Nobember	-0.2	-0.4
Existing Home Sales - November	4.092M	3.930

December 20
Personal Income - November	0.4%	0.6
Personal Spending	0.4	0.4

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