Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of Dec. 5 And 12

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Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.

 
 
 
 
Forecast
Prior Observation
Consensus
Week of December 5
 
 
 
December 5
 
 
 
PMI Services Index - November
46.5
46.1
 
ISM Services - November
54.6
54.4
53.1
 
 
 
 
Factory Orders - October
0.7%
0.3
0.7
Durable Goods Orders 
1.0
0.4
 
Nondurable Goods Orders 
0.4
0.2
 
 
 
 
 
December 6
 
 
 
International Trade - October
-80.5B
-73.3
-79.1
 
 
 
 
December 7
 
 
 
Productivity - Q3 (r)
0.8%
0.3
0.5
Unit Labor Costs
3.0
3.5
3.2
 
 
 
 
Consumer Credit - October
$25.0
25.0
28.5
 
 
 
 
December 8
 
 
 
Initial Unemployment Claims
225K
225
230
 
 
 
 
December 9
 
 
 
Producer Price Index - November
0.2%
0.2
0.2
PPI less food, energy and trade services
0.3
0.2
 
 
 
 
 
Wholesale Inventories - October (f)
0.8%
0.8
0.8
Michigan Consumer Sentiment - Dec (p)
56.8
56.8
57.0
 
 
 
 
Week of December 12
 
 
 
December 12
 
 
 
Treasury Budget - November
-$178.0B
-87.8
 
 
 
 
 
December 13
 
 
 
NFIB Small Business Optimism Index -November
90.8
91.3
 
 
 
 
 
Consumer Price Index - November
0.4%
0.4
 
Core CPI
0.4
0.3
 
 
 
 
 
December 14
 
 
 
Export Prices -  November
-0.9%
-0.3
 
Import Prices
-0.9
-0.2
 
Import Prices, ex-Energy
-0.9
-0.2
 
 
 
 
 
FMOC
4.625%
3.875%
 
 
 
 
 
December 15
 
 
 
Retail Sales - November
0.4%
1.3
 
Retail Sales, ex Autos
0.4
1.3
 
 
 
 
 
Philadelphia Fed Survey
-9.7
-19.4
 
NY Fed Manufacturing Index
2.0
4.5
 
 
 
 
 
Industrial Production - November
0.3%
-0.1
 
Capacity Utilization
79.8
79.9
 
Manufacturing
0.2
0.1
 
 
 
 
 
Business Inventories - October
0.6%
0.4
 
 
 
 
 
December 16
 
 
 
PMI Manufacturing Flash Index
47.7
47.7
 

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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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