Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of Aug. 4 And 11
Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data. | |||
Prior | |||
Forecast | Observation | ||
Week of August 4 | |||
August 4 | |||
Factory Orders - June | -4.6% | 8.2 | |
Durable Goods Orders | -9.3 | 16.4 | |
Nondurable Goods Orders | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
August 5 | |||
International Trade - June | -$60.0B | -71.5 | |
PMI Services Index | 55.2 | 55.2 | |
ISM Services - July | 51.1 | 50.8 | |
August 7 | |||
Initial Unemployment Claims | 220K | 218 | |
Wholesale Inventories - June | 0.2% | 0.2 | |
Consumer Credit - June | $16.0B | 5.1 | |
Week of August 11 | |||
August 12 | |||
NFIB Small Business Optimism Index - July | 99.6 | 98.6 | |
Consumer Price Index - July | 0.2% | 0.3 | |
CPI Core | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
Treasury Budget - July | -$215.0B | 27.0 | |
August 14 | |||
Producer Price Index - July | 0.2% | 0.0 | |
PPI less food energy and trade services | 0.3 | 0.0 | |
August 15 | |||
Retail Sales - July | 0.2% | 0.6 | |
Retail Sales, ex Autos | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
Retail Sales, ex Autos and Gas | 0.3 | 0.6 | |
Export Prices - July | 0.0% | 0.5 | |
Import Prices | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
Import Prices, ex-Petroleum | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
Industrial Production - July | -0.1% | 0.3 | |
Manufacturing | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
Capacity Utilization | 77.6 | 77.6 | |
Business Inventories - June | 0.2% | 0.0 |
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Peter Morici is an economist and professor at the Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, and widely published columnist. He is the five time winner of the MarketWatch best forecaster ...
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