Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of July 3 And 10

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Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data      
  Forecast Prior Observation Consensus
Week of July 3      
July 3      
PMI Manufacturing Index - June 46.3 46.3  
ISM (Mfg) - June 47.4 46.9 44.0
       
Construction Spending - May 0.4% 1.2 0.5
       
Auto Sales - June 15.4M 15.0  
Car Sales 3.2 3.1  
Truck Sales 12.2 11.9  
       
July 5      
Factory Orders - May 1.0% 0.4 0.8
Durable Goods Orders  1.7 1.1  
Nondurable Goods Orders  0.2 -0.1  
       
July 6      
ADP Employment Report - June 253K 278 230
       
International Trade - May -$68.6B -74.6 -69.5
Initial Unemployment Claims 240K 239 245
       
PMI Services Index 54.1 54.1  
ISM Services - June 50.8 50.3 51.0
       
JOLTS - May 10.000M 10.103 9.900
       
July 7      
Nonfarm Payrolls - June 245K 339 225
Private 225 283 205
Manufacturing 5 -2 0
Unemployment 3.7% 3.7 3.7
Average Workweek 34.3HR 34.3 34.3
Average Hourly Earnings 0.4% 0.3 0.3
       
Week of July 10      
July 10      
Wholesale Inventories - May -0.1% -0.1  
Consumer Credit - May $20.0B 23.0  
       
July 11      
NFIB Small Business Optimism Index - July 89.0 89.4  
       
July 12      
Consumer Price Index - June 0.4% 0.1  
Core CPI 0.4 0.4  
       
July 13      
Producer Producer Index - June 0.3% -0.3  
PPI less food energy and trade services 0.3 0.0  
       
Treasury Budget - June -$10.0B -240.3  
       
July 14      
Export Prices -  June 0.3% -1.9  
Import Prices 0.3 -0.6  
Import Prices, ex-Energy 0.2 -0.2  
       
Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (p) 65.5 64.4  
       

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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