Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of March 11 And 18

Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.

    Prior  
  Forecast Observation  
Week of March 11      
March 12      
NFIB Small Business Optimism Index - February 90.6 89.9  
       
Consumer Price Index - February 0.4% 0.4  
CPI Core 0.3 0.4  
       
Treasury Budget - February -$240.0 -21.9  
       
March 14      
Business Inventories - January 0.3% 0.4  
       
Retail Sales - February 0.3% -0.8  
Retail Sales, ex Autos 0.3 -0.6  
Retail Sales, ex-Autos, Gas 0.0 -0.5  
       
PPI 0.3% 0.3  
PPI less food, energy and trade services 0.2 0.6  
Energy 1.8 -1.7  
       
March 15      
NY Fed Manufacturing Index -8.0 -2.4  
       
Export Prices - February 0.1% 0.8  
Import Prices 0.1 0.8  
Import Prices, Ex-Petroleum -0.2 0.6  
       
Industrial Production - February -0.1% -0.1  
Manufacturing Output 0.3 -0.5  
Capacity Utilization 78.3 78.5  
       
Michigan Consumer Sentiment - March (p) 76.9 76.9  
       
Week of March 18      
March 18      
NAHB Index 48 48  
       
March 19      
Housing Starts - February 1.447M 1.331  
Building Permits 1.500 1.470  
       
March 20      
FMOC 5.375% 5.375  
       
March 21      
Philadelphia Fed Survey 0.0 5.2  
Current Account - Q4 -$209.0B -200.3  
       
Leading Indicators - February -0.3% -0.4  
Existing Home Sales - February 3.950M 4.00  
       

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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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