Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of May 26 And June 2

Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.

  Forecast Prior  
    Observation  
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  
       
Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index - May (r) 50.8 50.8  
Year Ahead Inflation 7.3% 7.3  
       
Week of June 2      
June 2      
PMI Manufacturing Index - May      
ISM (Mfg) - May 48.4 48.7  
       
Construction Spending - April 0.4% -0.5  
       
June 3      
Factory Orders - April -3.8% 4.3  
Durable Goods Orders  -7.5 9.2  
Nondurable Goods Orders  0.0 -0.3  
       
JOLTS - April 7.100M 7.192  
       
Auto Sales* - May 16.4M 17.3  
Car Sales 2.9 2.9  
Truck Sales 13.5 14.4  
*SAAR, as published by Motor Intelligence      
       
June 4      
ADP Employment Report 110K 62K  
ISM Services - May 51.4 51.6  
       
June 5      
International Trade - April -$120.4B -140.5  
       
Productivity - Q1 (r) -0.8% -0.8  
Unit Labor Costs 5.7 5.7  
       
June 6      
Nonfarm Payrolls - May 120K 177  
Private 110 167  
Manufacturing -5 -1  
Unemployment 4.2% 4.2  
Average Workweek 34.3HR 34.3  
Average Hourly Earnings 0.20% 0.2  
*Core Private equals Private less Medical, Social Assistance, and Temp Services   
       
Consumer Credit - April $10.2B 10.2  

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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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