Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of Jan. 6 And 13, 2025

Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.

    Prior  
  Forecast Observation  
       
Week of January 6      
January 6      
PMI Services 58.5 58.5  
       
Factory Orders - November -0.4% 0.2  
Durable Goods Orders  -1.1 0.3  
Nondurable Goods Orders  0.3 0.1  
       
January 7      
International Trade - November -$77.4B -73.8  
       
ISM Services - December 52.8 52.1  
JOLTS - Nov 7.600M 7.744  
       
January 8      
ADP Employment - December 160K 146  
Consumer Credit - November $13.0B 19.2  
       
January 9      
Wholesale Inventories - November -0.2% -0.2  
       
January 10      
Nonfarm Payrolls - December 185K 227  
Private 160 194  
Manufacturing 15 22  
Unemployment 4.3% 4.3  
Average Workweek 34.3HR 34.3  
Average Hourly Earnings 0.3% 0.4  
       
Michigan Consumer Sentiment - January (p) 74.0 74.0  
       
Week of January 13      
January 13      
Treasury Budget - December -$30B -366.8  
       
January 14      
NFIB Small Business Confidence - December 99.0 101.7  
       
Producer Price Index - December 0.3% 0.4  
Core PPI (PPI ex Food, Energy, Trade Services) 0.3 0.2  
       
January 15      
Consumer Price Index - December 0.3% 0.3  
Core CPI 0.3 0.3  
       
NY Fed Manufacturing Index - January -2.0 0.2  
       
January 16      
Retail Sales - December 0.4% 0.3  
Retail Sales, ex autos 0.4 0.2  
Retail Sales, ex autos and gasoline 0.3 0.2  
       
Philadelphia Fed Index 0.0 -16.4  
       
Export Prices - December -0.2% 0.0  
Import Prices_ December -0.2 0.1  
Ex Petroleum -0.1 0.0  
       
Business Inventories - November 0.3% 0.1  
NAHB Index - January 46 46  
       
January 17      
Housing Starts - December 1.310M 1.289  
Building Permits 1.462 1.505  
       
Industrial Production - December 0.2% -0.1  
Capacity Utilization 76.9 76.8  
Manufacturing 0.2 0.2

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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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