Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of Jan. 2 And 9

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Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.
 
Forecast
Prior Observation
Consensus
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
ISM Prices
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOLTS - Nov
10.100M
10.334
10.000
 
 
 
 
Auto Sales* - December
14.1M
14.1
 
Car Sales
3.1
3.1
 
Truck Sales
11.0
11.0
 
*SAAR, as published by Motor Intelligence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
January 5
 
 
 
Initial Unemployment Claims
225K
225.0
230
ADP Employment - December
160K
127
145
International Trade - November
-$62.6
-78.2
-76.1
 
 
 
 
PMI - Services
44.4
44.4
 
 
 
 
 
January 6
 
 
 
Nonfarm Payrolls - December
190K
263
200
Private
160
221
175
Core Private
 
 
 
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
 
 
 
 
Factory Orders - November
-0.7%
1.0
-0.9
Durable Goods Orders 
-2.1
-2.1
 
Nondurable Goods Orders 
0.8
1.0
 
 
 
 
 
ISM Services - December
56.0
56.6
55.0
 
 
 
 
Week of January 9
 
 
 
January 9
 
 
 
Consumer Credit - November
$25.0B
27.0
 
 
 
 
 
January 10
 
 
 
NFIB Small Business Confidence - December
91.3
91.9
 
Wholesale Inventories - November
1.0%
1.0
 
 
 
 
 
January 12
 
 
 
Consumer Price Index - December
0.1%
0.1
 
Core CPI
0.3
0.2
 
 
 
 
 
Treasury Budget - December
$5.0B
-248.5
 
 
 
 
 
January 13
 
 
 
Export Prices - December
-0.9%
-0.3
 
Import Prices_ December
-0.9
-0.6
 
Ex Petroleum
-0.3
-0.3
 
 
 
 
 
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.

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