Economic Data Forecasts for the Weeks of June 20 and 27

My expectations for upcoming data releases, including Case/Shiller, GDP.

Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.
 
 
 
 
 
Forecast
Prior Observation
Consensus
Week of June 20
 
 
 
June 20
 
 
 
Chicago Fed National Activity Index - May
0.47
0.47
 
 
 
 
 
June 21
 
 
 
Existing Home Sales - May
5.410M
5.610
5.390
 
 
 
 
June 23
 
 
 
Initial Unemployment Claims
229K
229
225
Current Account - Q1
$284.0B
-217.9
-273.3
 
 
 
 
PMI Manufacturing Flash Index
57.0
57.0
56.4
PMI Services Flash Index
53.9
53.4
53.6
 
 
 
 
June 24
 
 
 
New Home Sales - May
625K
591
585
Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index - June (r)
50.2
50.2
50.2
 
 
 
 
Week of June 27
 
 
 
June 27
 
 
 
Durable Goods Orders - May
0.5%
0.5
 
Pending Home Sales Index - May
99.3
99.3
 
Dallas Fed General Business Activity
 
-7.3
 
 
 
 
 
June 28
 
 
 
International Trade in Goods - May
-$102.5B
-105.9
 
Wholesale Inventories - May (a)
2.1%
2.2
 
 
 
 
 
S&P Case/Shiller Index - April
 
 
 
Twenty City M/M
2.8%
3.1
 
Twenty City M/M - SA
1.6
2.4
 
Twenty City Y/Y
21.9
21.2
 
 
 
 
 
FHFA Home Price Index - April
1.4%
1.5
 
Consumer Confidence
103.0
106.4
 
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index
5.0
-9
 
 
 
 
 
June 29
 
 
 
GDP - Q1 (f)
-1.3%
-1.5
 
 
 
 
 
June 30
 
 
 
Personal Income - May
0.5%
0.4
 
Personal Spending
0.6
0.9
 
Chicago PMI - June
59.0
60.3
 
 
 
 
 
July 1
 
 
 
ISM (Mfg) - June
55.8
56.1
 
Construction Spending - May
0.7%
0.2
 
 
 
 
 
Auto Sales - June
13.8M
12.7
 
Car Sales
2.8
2.7
 
Truck Sales
11.0
10.0
 
 

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

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