Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of July 4 And July 11

Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.

 
 
 
 
Forecast
Prior Observation
Consensus
Week of July 4
 
 
 
July 5
 
 
 
Factory Orders - May
0.6%
0.3
0.5
Durable Goods Orders 
0.7
0.5
 
Nondurable Goods Orders 
0.6
0.2
 
 
 
 
 
July 6
 
 
 
PMI Services Index
51.6
51.6
 
ISM Services - June
55.0
55.9
54.5
 
 
 
 
JOLTS - May
11.075M
11.4
11.050
 
 
 
 
July 7
 
 
 
Initial Unemployment Claims
230K
231
230
ADP Employment Report - June
230K
128
200
International Trade - May
-$84.3B
-87.1
-85.0
 
 
 
 
July 8
 
 
 
Nonfarm Payrolls - June
250K
390
270
Private
230
333
240
Manufacturing
35
18
14
Unemployment
3.6%
3.6
3.6
Average Workweek
34.6HR
34.6
34.6
Average Hourly Earnings
0.3%
0.3
0.3
 
 
 
 
Wholesale Inventories - May
2.0%
2.0
2.0
Consumer Credit - May
32.0B
38.1
31.4
 
 
 
 
Week of July 11
 
 
 
July 12
 
 
 
NFIB Small Business Optimism Index - July
93.1
93.1
 
 
 
 
 
July 13
 
 
 
Consumer Price Index - June
0.9%
1.0
 
Core CPI
0.5
0.6
 
 
 
 
 
Treasury Budget - June
-$30.0B
-66.2
 
 
 
 
 
July 14
 
 
 
Producer Producer Index - June
0.8%
0.8
 
Energy
0.5
0.5
 
 
 
 
 
July 15
 
 
 
Retail Sales - June
0.4%
-0.3
 
Retail Sales, ex Autos
0.6
0.5
 
Retail Sales, ex Autos and Gasoline
0.2
0.1
 
 
 
 
 
NY Fed Manufacturing Index
0.0
-1.2
 
 
 
 
 
Export Prices -  June
0.7%
0.6
 
Import Prices
0.7
2.8
 
Import Prices, ex-Energy
0.6
-0.1
 
 
 
 
 
Industrial Production - June
0.3%
0.2
 
Capacity Utilization
79.2
79.0
 
Manufacturing
0.3
-0.1
 
 
 
 
 
Business Inventories - May
1.6%
1.2
 
Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (p)
50.0
50.0
 
 
 
 
 

Peter Morici is an economist and emeritus business professor at the University of Maryland, and a national columnist.

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