Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of June 21 And 28
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Prior Observation |
Consensus |
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Week of June 21 |
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June 21 |
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Chicago Fed National Activity Index - May |
0.50 |
0.24 |
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June 22 |
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Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index |
18 |
18 |
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Existing Home Sales - May |
5.650K |
5.850 |
5.72 |
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June 23 |
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Current Account - Q1 |
-$207.0B |
-188.5 |
-207.0 |
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PMI Manufacturing Flash Index |
62.1 |
62.1 |
61.5 |
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PMI Services Flash Index |
70.0 |
70.4 |
70.0 |
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New Home Sales - May |
890K |
863 |
875 |
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June 24 |
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Initial Unemployment Claims |
375K |
412 |
380 |
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Durable Goods Orders - May |
2.5% |
-1.3 |
2.7 |
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International Trade in Goods - May |
-$88.6 |
-85.2 |
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Wholesale Inventories - May (a) |
1.0% |
0.8 |
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GDP - Q1 (f) |
6.4% |
6.4 |
6.4 |
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June 25 |
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Personal Income - May |
-2.7% |
-13.1 |
-2.5 |
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Personal Spending |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
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Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index - June (r) |
86.4 |
86.4 |
86.5 |
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Week of June 28 |
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June 28 |
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Dallas Fed General Business Activity |
32.5 |
34.9 |
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June 29 |
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S&P Case/Shiller Index - April |
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Twenty City M/M |
1.5% |
2.2 |
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Twenty City M/M - SA |
1.2 |
1.6 |
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Twenty City Y/Y |
14.2 |
13.3 |
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FHFA Home Price Index - April |
1.3% |
1.4 |
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Consumer Confidence |
117.2 |
117.2 |
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June 30 |
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ADP Employment Report - July |
450K |
978 |
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Chicago PMI - June |
72 |
75.2 |
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Pending Home Sales Index - May |
106.2 |
106.2 |
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July 1 |
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ISM (Mfg) - June |
61.2 |
61.2 |
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Construction Spending - May |
0.4% |
0.2 |
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July 2 |
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Auto Sales* - June |
17.0 |
17.0 |
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Car Sales |
3.8 |
3.7 |
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Truck Sales |
13.2 |
13.3 |
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Nonfarm Payrolls - June |
500K |
559 |
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Private |
450 |
492 |
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Manufacturing |
30 |
23 |
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Unemployment |
5.8% |
5.8 |
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Average Workweek |
34.9Hr |
34.9 |
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Average Hourly Earnings |
0.5% |
0.5 |
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International Trade - May |
-$70.1B |
68.9 |
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Factory Orders - May |
1.3% |
-0.6 |
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Durable Goods Orders |
2.5 |
-1.3 |
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Nondurable Goods Orders |
1.0 |
0.1 |
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Peter Morici is an economist and emeritus business professor at the University of Maryland, and a national columnist.