Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of June 6 And June 13

Prognosticating upcoming data releases, including Core CPI, Retail Sales, and FMOC.

Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.    

   
 
 
Forecast
Prior Observation
Consensus
Week of June 6
 
 
 
June 7
 
 
 
International Trade - April
-$89.1B
-109.8
89.3
Consumer Credit - April
$35B
52.4
34.5
 
 
 
 
June 8
 
 
 
Wholesale Inventories - April
2.1%
2.1
2.1
 
 
 
 
June 9
 
 
 
Initial Unemployment Claims
200K
200
207
 
 
 
 
June 10
 
 
 
Consumer Price Index - May
0.6%
0.3
0.7
Core CPI
0.4
0.6
0.5
 
 
 
 
Treasury Budget - May
-$275B
308.2
 
Michigan Consumer Sentiment - June (p)
59.0
58.4
58.2
 
 
 
 
Week of June 13
 
 
 
June 14
 
 
 
NFIB Small Business Optimism Index - May
93.2
93.2
 
 
 
 
 
Producer Price Index - May
0.7%
0.5
 
PPI Core
 
0.6
 
 
 
 
 
June 15
 
 
 
Retail Sales - May
0.4%
0.9
 
Retail Sales, ex Autos
0.8
0.6
 
Retail Sales, ex Autos and Gas
0.8
1.0
 
 
 
 
 
NY Fed Manufacturing Index
5.0
-11.6
 
 
 
 
 
Export Prices -  May
1.1%
0.6
 
Import Prices
1.2
0.0
 
Import Prices, ex-Petroleum
0.8
0.4
 
 
 
 
 
Business Inventories - April
2.0%
2.0
 
NAHB Index - June
68
69
 
 
 
 
 
FMOC
1.375%
0.875

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

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