Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of March 25 & April 1

Here are my estimates of upcoming domestic economic data.

Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data    
  Forecast Prior Observation  
March 21      
Initial Unemployment Claims 215K 209  
Philadelphia Fed Survey 0.0 5.2  
Current Account - Q4 -$209.0B -200.3  
       
PMI Manufacturing Flash Index 52.2 52.2  
PMI Services Flash Index 52.3 52.3  
       
Leading Indicators - February -0.3% -0.4  
Existing Home Sales - February 3.950M 4.00  
       
Week of March 25      
March 25      
Chicago Fed National Activity Index - February -0.5 -0.3  
New Home Sales - February 671K 661  
Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index -7.0 -11.3  
       
March 26      
Durable Goods Orders - February 2.0% -6.2  
       
S&P Case/Shiller Index - January      
Twenty City M/M 0.1% -0.3  
Twenty City M/M - SA 0.2 0.2  
Twenty City Y/Y 6.8 6.1  
       
FHFA Housing Price Index - January 0.3% 0.1  
Consumer Confidence Index - March 107.0 106.7  
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index -5.0 -5.0  
       
March 28      
GDP - Q4 (f) 3.1% 3.2  
       
Chicago PMI - March 46.0 44.0  
Michigan Consumer Sentiment - March (f) 76.5 76.5  
Pending Home Sale Index - February 75.3 74.3  
       
March 29      
International Trade in Goods - February -$89.7B -90.2  
Wholesale Inventories (a) - February 0.2% -0.3  
       
Personal Income - February 0.4% 1.0  
Personal Spending - February 0.4 0.2  
       
Week of April 1      
April 1      
ISM (Mfg) - March 47.8 47.8  
Construction Spending - February 0.6% -0.2  
       
April 2      
Factory Orders - February 1.3% -3.6  
Durable Goods Orders  2.0 -6.2  
Nondurable Goods Orders  0.6 -1.1  
       
JOLTS - February 8.829M 8.893  
       
Auto Sales - March 16.0K 15.8  
Car Sales 3.1 3.2  
Truck Sales 12.7 12.6  
       
April 3      
ADP Employment Report - March 155K 150  
       
ISM Services - March 52.6 52.6  
       
April 4      
International Trade - February -$65.7B -67.4  
       
April 5      
Nonfarm Payrolls - March 180K 275  
Private 155K 223  
Unemployment 3.9% 3.9  
Average Workweek 34.3HR 34.3  
Average Hourly Earnings 0.4% 0.1  
       
Consumer Credit - February $12.0B 19.5  
     

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