Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of Jan. 2 And 9
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Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.
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Prior Observation |
Consensus |
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Week of January 2 |
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January 3 |
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PMI Manufacturing Index - December |
46.2 |
46.2 |
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Construction Spending - December |
-0.4% |
-0.3 |
-0.4 |
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January 4 |
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ISM (Mfg) - December |
49.0 |
49.0 |
48.5 |
ISM Prices |
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JOLTS - Nov |
10.100M |
10.334 |
10.000 |
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Auto Sales* - December |
14.1M |
14.1 |
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Car Sales |
3.1 |
3.1 |
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Truck Sales |
11.0 |
11.0 |
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*SAAR, as published by Motor Intelligence |
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January 5 |
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Initial Unemployment Claims |
225K |
225.0 |
230 |
ADP Employment - December |
160K |
127 |
145 |
International Trade - November |
-$62.6 |
-78.2 |
-76.1 |
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PMI - Services |
44.4 |
44.4 |
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January 6 |
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Nonfarm Payrolls - December |
190K |
263 |
200 |
Private |
160 |
221 |
175 |
Core Private |
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Manufacturing |
12 |
14 |
9 |
Unemployment |
3.7% |
3.7 |
3.7 |
Average Workweek |
34.4HR |
34.4 |
34.4 |
Average Hourly Earnings |
0.4% |
0.6 |
0.4 |
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Factory Orders - November |
-0.7% |
1.0 |
-0.9 |
Durable Goods Orders |
-2.1 |
-2.1 |
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Nondurable Goods Orders |
0.8 |
1.0 |
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ISM Services - December |
56.0 |
56.6 |
55.0 |
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Week of January 9 |
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January 9 |
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Consumer Credit - November |
$25.0B |
27.0 |
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January 10 |
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NFIB Small Business Confidence - December |
91.3 |
91.9 |
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Wholesale Inventories - November |
1.0% |
1.0 |
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January 12 |
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Consumer Price Index - December |
0.1% |
0.1 |
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Core CPI |
0.3 |
0.2 |
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Treasury Budget - December |
$5.0B |
-248.5 |
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January 13 |
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Export Prices - December |
-0.9% |
-0.3 |
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Import Prices_ December |
-0.9 |
-0.6 |
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Ex Petroleum |
-0.3 |
-0.3 |
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Michigan Consumer Sentiment - January (p) |
60.5 |
59.7 |
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Peter Morici is an economist and emeritus business professor at the University of Maryland, and a national columnist.