Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of June 28 And July 5

Predictions for upcoming data releases, including Case/Shiller, ADP, Car Sales, NFP.

Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.

     

 

 
 

Forecast

Prior Observation

Consensus

 

 

Week of June 28

     

 

 

June 28

     

 

 

Dallas Fed General Business Activity

32.5

34.9

 

 

 
       

 

 

June 29

     

 

 

S&P Case/Shiller Index - April

     

 

 

Twenty City M/M

1.5%

2.2

 

 

 

Twenty City M/M - SA

1.3

1.6

1.7

 

 

Twenty City Y/Y

14.2

13.3

14.5

 

 
       

 

 

FHFA Home Price Index - April

1.3%

1.4

 

 

 

Consumer Confidence

118.0

117.2

119.0

 

 
       

 

 

June 30

     

 

 

ADP Employment Report - July

450K

978

450

 

 

Chicago PMI - June

72

75.2

70

 

 

Pending Home Sales Index - May

106.2

106.2

105.1

 

 
       

 

 

July 1

     

 

 

Initial Jobless Claims

400K

411

386

 

 

ISM (Mfg) - June

61.2

61.2

61.0

 

 

Construction Spending - May

0.4%

0.2

0.4

 

 
       

 

 

July 2

     

 

 

Auto Sales - June

17.0

17.0

 

 

 

Car Sales

3.8

3.7

 

 

 

Truck Sales

13.2

13.3

 

 

 
       

 

 

Nonfarm Payrolls - June

520K

559

675

 

 

Private

450

492

580

 

 

Manufacturing

30

23

30

 

 

Unemployment

5.8%

5.8

5.7

 

 

Average Workweek

34.9Hr

34.9

34.9

 

 

Average Hourly Earnings

0.5%

0.5

0.3

 

 
       

 

 

International Trade - May

-$69.6B

68.9

-71.3

 

 

Factory Orders - May

1.6%

-0.6

1.5

 

 
       

 

 

Week of July 5

     

 

 

July 6

     

 

 

ISM Services - June

64.0

64.0

 

 

 
       

 

 

July 7

     

 

 

JOLTS - May

9.300M

9.286

 

 

 
       

 

 

July 8

     

 

 

Consumer Credit - May

$19.0M

18.6

 

 

 
       

 

 
 

 

Peter Morici is an economist and emeritus business professor at the University of Maryland, and a national columnist.

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