Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of Dec. 26 And Jan. 2

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Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.
 
 
 
Forecast
Prior Observation
Consensus
Week of December 26
 
 
 
December 27
 
 
 
International Trade in Goods - November
-$96.0
-99.0
 
Wholesale Inventories (a) - November
0.4%
0.5
 
 
 
 
 
S&P Case/Shiller Index - October
 
 
 
Twenty City M/M
-1.4%
-1.5
 
Twenty City M/M - SA
-1.2
-1.2
-1.2
Twenty City Y/Y
8.0
10.4
8.0
 
 
 
 
FHFA Housing Price Index  - Oct
-0.6%
0.1
 
Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index
-11.0
-14.4
 
 
 
 
 
December 28
 
 
 
Pending Home Sale Index - November
77.1
77.1
-76.3
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index
-9.0
-9.0
 
 
 
 
 
December 29
 
 
 
Initial Unemployment Claims
200K
216
225
 
 
 
 
December 30
 
 
 
Chicago PMI
41.0
37.2
40.0
 
 
 
 
Employment Cost Index - Q3
1.2%
1.2
 
Employment Cost Index - Y/Y
5.3
0.1
 
 
 
 
 
Week of January 2
 
 
 
January 3
 
 
 
PMI Manufacturing Index - December
46.2
46.2
 
Construction Spending - December
-0.4%
-0.3
-0.4
 
 
 
 
January 4
 
 
 
ISM (Mfg) - December
49.0
49.0
48.5
JOLTS - Nov
10.100M
10.334
9.900
 
 
 
 
Auto Sales - December
14.1M
14.1
 
Car Sales
3.1
3.1
 
Truck Sales
11.0
11.0
 
 
 
 
 
January 5
 
 
 
Initial Unemployment Claims
 
 
 
ADP Employment - December
230K
127
150
International Trade - November
-$75.3
-78.2
 
 
 
 
 
PMI - Services
44.4
44.4
 
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January 6
 
 
 
Nonfarm Payrolls - December
190K
263
200
Private
160
221
 
Manufacturing
18
14
 
Unemployment
3.7%
3.7
3.8
Average Workweek
34.4HR
34.4
 
Average Hourly Earnings
0.4%
0.6
0.4
 
 
 
 
Factory Orders - November
-0.7%
1.0
 
Durable Goods Orders 
-2.1
-2.1
 
Nondurable Goods Orders 
0.8
1.0
 
 
 
 
 
ISM Services - December
56.0
56.6
54.0

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

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