Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of May 3 & 10

Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data      
       
  Forecast Prior  
    Observation  
Week of June 3      
June 3      
PMI Manufacturing Index - May 50.9 50.9  
ISM (Mfg) - May 50.0 49.2  
       
Construction Spending - April 0.2% -0.2  
       
Auto Sales - May 15.7M 15.7  
Car Sales 3.0 3.1  
Truck Sales 12.7 12.7  
       
June 4      
Factory Orders - April 0.7% 1.6  
Durable Goods Orders  0.7 2.6  
Nondurable Goods Orders  0.6 0.6  
       
JOLTS - April 8.300M 8.488  
       
June 5      
ADP Employment Report 167K 192  
       
PMI Services Index 54.8 54.8  
ISM Services - May 50.0 49.4  
       
June 6      
International Trade - April -$69.0B -69.4  
       
Productivity - Q1 (r) 0.3% 0.3  
Unit Labor Costs 4.7 4.7  
       
June 7      
Nonfarm Payrolls - May 180K 175  
Private 155 167  
Manufacturing 10 8  
Unemployment 3.9% 3.9  
Average Workweek 34.3 34.3  
Average Hourly Earnings 0.4% 0.2  
       
       
Consumer Credit - April $14.0B 6.3  
       
Week of June 10      
June 10      
       
June 11      
NFIB Small Business Optimism Index - May 89.7 89.7  
       
June 12      
Consumer Price Index - May 0.1% 0.3  
Core CPI 0.3 0.3  
       
FOMC      
Treasury Budget - May -$203.00 209.5  
       
June 13      
Initial Unemployment Claims      
       
Producer Price Index - May 0.1% 0.5  
PPI Core 0.3 0.4  
       
June 14      
Export Prices -  May -0.2% 0.5  
Import Prices -0.2 0.9  
Import Prices, ex-Petroleum 0.2 0.7  
       
Michigan Consumer Sentiment - June (p) 73.0 69.1  
   

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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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