Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of Dec. 9 & 16
Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data. | |||
Prior | |||
Forecast | Observation | ||
Week of December 9 | |||
December 9 | |||
Wholesale Inventories - October (p) | 0.0% | -0.2 | |
December 10 | |||
NFIB Small Business Optimism Index -November | 94.0 | 93.7 | |
Productivity - Q3 (r) | 2.2% | 2.2 | |
Unit Labor Costs | 1.9 | 1.9 | |
December 11 | |||
Consumer Price Index - November | 0.2% | 0.2 | |
Core CPI | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
Treasury Budget - November | -$356.0B | -257.7 | |
December 12 | |||
Producer Price Index - November | 0.2% | 0.2 | |
PPI less food, energy and trade services | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
December 13 | |||
Export Prices - November | -0.3% | 0.8 | |
Import Prices | -0.3 | 0.3 | |
Week of December 16 | |||
December 16 | |||
NY Fed Manufacturing Index | 3.0 | 31.2 | |
December 17 | |||
Retail Sales - November | 0.4% | 0.4 | |
Retail Sales, ex Autos | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
Retail Sales, ex Autos and Gas | 0.4 | 0.1 | |
Industrial Production - November | 0.2% | -0.3 | |
Capacity Utilization | 77.2 | 77.1 | |
Manufacturing | 0.3 | -0.5 | |
Business Inventories - October | 0.2% | 0.1 | |
NAHB Index | 48 | 46 | |
December 18 | |||
Housing Starts - November | 1.332M | 1.311 | |
Building Permits | 14.25 | 1.416 | |
Current Account - Q3 | -$2.87.0 | -266.8 | |
FMOC | 4.375 | 4.625 | |
December 19 | |||
GDP - Q3 (f) | 2.8% | 2.8 | |
Leading Indicators - Nobember | -0.2 | -0.4 | |
Existing Home Sales - November | 4.092M | 3.930 | |
December 20 | |||
Personal Income - November | 0.4% | 0.6 | |
Personal Spending | 0.4 | 0.4 |
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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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