Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of May 22 And 29

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