Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of Nov. 6 & 13
Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data. |
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Prior Observation |
Consensus |
Week of November 6 |
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November 7 |
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International Trade - September |
-$61.0B |
-58.3 |
-60.0 |
Consumer Credit - September |
$10.0B |
-15.6 |
10.0 |
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November 8 |
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Wholesale Inventories - September |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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November 9 |
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Initial Unemployment Claims |
215K |
217 |
215 |
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November 10 |
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Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (p) |
65.0 |
63.8 |
64.0 |
Treasury Budget - October |
$35B |
-171.0 |
17.0 |
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Week of November 13 |
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November 14 |
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NFIB Small Business Optimisim Index - October |
90.8 |
90.8 |
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Consumer Price Index - October |
0.1% |
0.4 |
0.1 |
Core CPI |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
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November 15 |
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Retail Sales - October |
0.3% |
0.7 |
0.2 |
Retail Sales, ex Autos |
0.2 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
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Producer Price Index - October |
0.1% |
0.5 |
0.1 |
PPI less food, energy and trade services |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
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NY Fed Manufacturing Index |
-2.0 |
-4.6 |
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Business Inventories - September |
0.4% |
0.4 |
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November 16 |
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Philadelphia Fed Survey |
-7 |
-9 |
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Export Prices - October |
-0.4% |
0.7 |
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Import Prices |
-0.4 |
0.1 |
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Import Prices, ex-Energy |
-0.3 |
-0.3 |
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Industrial Production - October |
-0.3% |
0.3 |
-0.4 |
Capacity Utilization |
79.4 |
79.7 |
79.4 |
Manufacturing |
-0.4 |
0.4 |
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NAHB Index |
41 |
40 |
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November 17 |
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Housing Starts - October |
1.330M |
1.358 |
1.345 |
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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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