Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of July 8 & 15

Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.      
  Forecast Prior  
    Observation  
Week of July 8      
July 8      
Consumer Credit - May $6.5B 6.4  
       
July 9      
NFIB Small Business Optimism Index - June 91.5 90.5  
       
July 10      
Wholesale Inventories - May 0.6% 0.6  
       
July 11      
Consumer Price Index - June 0.1% 0.0  
Core CPI 0.3 0.2  
       
Treasury Budget - June -$83.0B -347.1  
       
July 12      
Producer Producer Index - June 0.2% -0.2  
PPI less food energy and trade services 0.2 0.0  
       
Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (p) 68.2 68.2  
       
Week of July 15      
July 15      
NY Fed Manufacturing Index -6.0 -6.0  
       
July 16      
Retail Sales - June 0.3% 0.1  
Retail Sales, ex Autos 0.2 -0.1  
Retail Sales, ex Autos and Gasoline 0.4 0.1  
       
Export Prices -  June -0.1% -0.6  
Import Prices -0.1 -0.4  
Import Prices, ex-Energy -0.1 -0.3  
       
Business Inventories - May 0.5% 0.3  
NAHB Index - July 45 43  
       
July 17      
Housing Starts - June 1.345M 1.277  
Building Permits 1.430 1.386  
       
Industrial Production - June 0.0% 0.9  
Capacity Utilization 78.1 78.2  
Manufacturing -0.1% 0.9  
       
July 18      
Philadelphia Fed Survey 2.9 1.3  
Leading Indicators  -0.3% -0.5

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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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