Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of May 22 And 29
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Forecast |
Prior Observation |
Consensus |
Week of May 22 |
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May 22 |
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May 23 |
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PMI Manufacturing Flash Index - May |
50.0 |
50.2 |
50.0 |
PMI Services Flash |
52.6 |
53.6 |
52.6 |
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New Home Sales - April |
650K |
683 |
663 |
Richmond Fed Index |
-8.0% |
-10 |
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Kansas City Fed Manufacturing |
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May 25 |
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GDP - Q1(p) |
1.1% |
1.1 |
1.1 |
Initial Unemployment Claims |
244K |
242 |
250 |
Chicago Fed National Activity Index - April |
-0.29 |
-0.19 |
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Pending Home Sale Index - April |
81.0 |
78.9 |
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May 26 |
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Durable Goods Sales - April |
-1.2% |
3.2 |
-1.0 |
International Trade in Goods - April |
-$85.6B |
-84.6 |
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Wholesale Inventories (a) - April |
0.0% |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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Personal Income - April |
0.4% |
0.3 |
0.4 |
Personal Spending |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
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Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index - May (r) |
57.7 |
57.7 |
57.9 |
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Week of May 29 |
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May 30 |
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S&P Case/Shiller Index - March |
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Twenty City M/M |
0.2% |
0.2 |
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Twenty City M/M - SA |
-0.8 |
0.1 |
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Twenty City Y/Y |
-2.5 |
0.4 |
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FHFA Housing Price Index - March |
0.3% |
0.5 |
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Consumer Confidence |
100.8 |
101.3 |
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Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey |
-19.5 |
-23.4 |
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May 31 |
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Chicago PMI - May |
47.0 |
48.6 |
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JOLTS - April |
9.350M |
9.590 |
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June1 |
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ADP Employment Report |
160K |
296 |
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Productivity - Q1 (r) |
-2.7 |
-2.7 |
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Unit Labor Costs |
6.3 |
6.3 |
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ISM (Mfg) - May |
47.1% |
47.1 |
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Construction Spending - April |
0.3% |
0.3 |
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Auto Sales - May |
15.3M |
15.9 |
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Car Sales |
3.2 |
3.3 |
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Truck Sales |
12.1 |
12.6 |
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June 2 |
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Nonfarm Payrolls - May |
180K |
253 |
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Private |
160 |
230 |
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Manufacturing |
8 |
11 |
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Unemployment |
3.5% |
3.4 |
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Average Workweek |
34.4HR |
34.4 |
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Average Hourly Earnings |
0.4% |
0.5 |
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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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