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