Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of May 19 And 26

Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.      
  Forecast Prior  
    Observation  
Week of May 19      
May 19      
Leading Indicators  -0.8% -0.7  
       
PMI Manufacturing Flash Index - May 49.8 50.2  
PMI Services Flash  50.6 50.8  
       
Existing Home Sales - April 4.036M 4.020  
Chicago Fed National Activity Index - April -0.3 -0.3  
       
May 23      
       
New Home Sales - April 724K 724  
       
Week of May 26      
May 27      
Durable Goods Sales - April -7.5% 9.2  
       
S&P Case/Shiller Index - March      
Ten City M/M      
Ten City Y/Y      
Twenty City M/M 1.6% 0.7  
Twenty City M/M - SA 0.2 0.4  
Twenty City Y/Y 4.5 4.5  
Third Quarter Twenty City Q/Q - SA      
       
FHFA Housing Price Index - March 0.1% 0.1  
Consumer Confidence 88.0 86.0  
Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey -26.1 -35.8  
       
May 28      
Richmond Fed Index -9.0 -13.0  
       
May 29      
GDP - Q1(p) -0.3 -0.3  
Pending Home Sale Index - April 75.0 76.5  
       
May 30      
International Trade in Goods - April -$143.0B 162.0  
Wholesale Inventories - April (a) 0.4% 0.4  
       
Personal Income - April 0.3% 0.5  
Personal Spending 0.2 0.7  
       
Chicago PMI - May 43.0 44.6

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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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