Preliminary Economic Data Forecasts

Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.

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Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.      
  Forecast Prior Observation  
Week of October 4      
October 4      
Factory Orders - August 1.2% 0.4  
Durable Goods Orders  1.8 -0.1  
Nondurable Goods Orders  0.5 0.9  
       
October 5      
International Trade - August -70.5B 70.1  
       
PMI Services Index 54.4 54.4  
ISM Services - September 61.3 61.7  
       
October 6      
ADP Employment Report - September  475K 374  
       
October 7      
Consumer Credit - August $25.0B 17.0  
       
October 8      
       
Nonfarm Payrolls - September 525K 235  
Private 600 243  
Manufacturing 30 37  
Unemployment 5.0% 5.2  
Average Workweek 34.7HR 34.7  
Average Hourly Earnings 0.3% 0.6  
       
Wholesale Inventories - August 1.2% 1.2  
       
Week of October 11      
       
October 12      
JOLTS - August 11.2M 10.9  
       
October 13      
Consumer Price Index - September 0.3% 0.3  
Core CPI 0.2 0.1  
Energy      
       
October 14      
Producer Price Index - September 0.4% 0.7  
PPI Core (less food, energy and trade services) 0.4 0.3  
       
October 15      
Retail Sales - September -0.2% 0.7  
Retail Sales, ex Autos 0.3 1.8  
Retail Sales, ex Autos and Gas 0.2 2.0  
       
New York Fed Manufacturing Index 25.0 34.3  
       
Export Prices -  September 0.5% 0.4  
Import Prices 0.6 -0.3  
Import Prices, ex-Energy 0.3 -0.1  
       
Business Inventories - August 1.0% 0.5  
Treasury Budget - September -$140.2B -170.6

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

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