Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of May 8 And 15

Week of May 8

May 8

Wholesale Inventories - March

0.10%

0.1

0.1

May 9

NFIB Small Business Optumism - April

89.8

90.1

May 10

Consumer Price Index - April

0.4%

0.1

0.4

Core CPI

0.4

0.4

0.4

Treasury Budget - April 

$400B

-378.1

May 11

Initial Unemployment Claims

245K

242

245

Producer Price Index - April

0.3%

-0.5

0.3

PPI less food, energy and trade services

0.3

0.1

0.2

May 13

Export Prices - April

0.2%

-0.3

0.3

Import Prices

0.3

-0.6

0.3

Import Prices, Ex-Petroleum

-0.3

-0.6

Michigan Consumer Sentiment - May (p)

63.5

63.5

63.0

Week of May 15

May 15

NY Fed Manufacturing Index

2.0

10.8

May 16

Retail Sales - April

0.5%

-0.6

Retail Sales, ex Autos

0.3

-0.4

Retail Sales,ex autos and gas

0.2

-0.3

Industrial Production - April

-0.1%

0.5

Capacity Utilization

79.7

79.8

Manufacturing

0.2

-0.5

Business Inventories - March

0.0%

0.2

NAHB Index - May

45

45

May 17

Housing Starts - April

1.420M

1.420

Building Permits

1.440

1.413

May 18

Initial Unemployment Claims

Philadelphia Fed Survey

-20

-31.3

Leading Indicators 

-0.4%

-1.2

Existing Home Sales - April

4.240M

4.440