Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of May 6 & 13
Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.
| Forecast | Prior | ||
| Observation | |||
| Week of May 6 | |||
| May 7 | |||
| Consumer Credit - March | 15.5 | 14.1 | |
| May 8 | |||
| Wholesale Inventories - March | -0.4% | -0.4 | |
| May 10 | |||
| Treasury Budget - April | $270.0B | -236.5 | |
| Michigan Consumer Sentiment - May (p) | 77.2 | 77.2 | |
| Week of May 13 | |||
| May 14 | |||
| NFIB Small Business Optimism - April | 88.5 | 88.5 | |
| Producer Price Index - April | 0.2% | 0.2 | |
| PPI less food, energy and trade services | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
| May 15 | |||
| Consumer Price Index - April | 0.3% | 0.4 | |
| Core CPI | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
| Retail Sales - April | 0.4% | 0.7 | |
| Retail Sales, ex Autos | 0.4 | 1.1 | |
| Retail Sales,ex autos and gas | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| NY Fed Manufacturing Index | -7.7 | -14.3 | |
| Business Inventories - March | 0.0% | 0.3 | |
| NAHB Index - May | 52 | 51 | |
| May 16 | |||
| Housing Starts - April | 1.435M | 1.321 | |
| Building Permits | 1.500 | 1.458 | |
| Philadelphia Fed Survey | 9.4 | 15.5 | |
| Export Prices - April | 0.2% | 0.3 | |
| Import Prices | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
| Import Prices, Ex-Petroleum | -0.1 | 0.0 | |
| Industrial Production - April | 0.2% | 0.4 | |
| Capacity Utilization | 0.0 | 0.5 | |
| Manufacturing | 78.4 | 78.4 | |
| May 17 | |||
| Leading Indicators | -0.2 | -0.3 |
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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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