Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of November 29 And December 6

 
Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.    
  Forecast Prior Observation  
Week of November 29
 
 
 
November 29
 
 
 
Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index
14.60
14.6
 
Pending Home Sale Index - October
117.0
116.7
 
 
 
 
 
November 30
 
 
 
S&P Case/Shiller Index - September
 
 
 
Twenty City M/M
1.0%
0.9
 
Twenty City M/M - SA
1.0
1.2
 
Twenty City Y/Y
19.3
19.7
 
 
 
 
 
FHFA Housing Price Index  - Sept
1.0%
1.0
 
Consumer Confidence - November
109.8
113.8
110.7
Chicago PMI
68.4
68.4
68.4
 
 
 
 
December 1
 
 
 
ADP Employment Report - November
420K
571
480
 
 
 
 
PMI Manufacturing Index - November
59.1
59.1
 
ISM (Mfg) - November
60.8
60.8
61.0
Construction Spending - October
0.8%
-0.5
0.6
 
 
 
 
Auto Sales - November
13.1M
13.1
 
Car Sales
2.8
2.6
 
Truck Sales
10.3
10.4
 
 
 
 
 
December 2
 
 
 
Initial Unemployment Claims
225K
199
250
 
 
 
 
December 3
 
 
 
Nonfarm Payrolls - November
480K
531
500
Private
460
604
483
Manufacturing
50
60
48
Unemployment
4.5%
4.6
4.5
Average Workweek
34.7HR
34.7
34.7
Average Hourly Earnings
0.4%
0.4
0.4
 
 
 
 
PMI Services Index - November
57.0
57.0
 
ISM Services - November
66.7
66.7
65.5
 
 
 
 
Factory Orders - October
0.2%
0.2
 
Durable Goods Orders 
-0.5
-0.3
 
Nondurable Goods Orders 
0.8
0.8
 
 
 
 
 
Week of December 6
 
 
 
December 6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 7
 
 
 
International Trade - October
-$65.4B
-80.9
 
 
 
 
 
Productivity - Q3 (r)
-4.0%%
-5.0
 
Unit Labor Costs
7.3
8.3
 
 
 
 
 
Consumer Credit - October
$25.0B
29.9
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 8
 
 
 
JOLTS-October
10.438B
10.438
 
 
 
 
 
December 9
 
 
 
Initial Unemployment Claims
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wholesale Inventories - October (p)
 
2.2
 
Wholesale Sales
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 10
 
 
 
Consumer Price Index - November
0.5%
0.9
 
Core CPI
0.3
0.6
 
Energy
 
4.8
 
 
 
 
 
Treasury Budget - November
-$195.0B
-165.1
 
Michigan Consumer Sentiment - Dec (p)
67.4
67.4
 
   

Peter Morici is an economist and emeritus business professor at the University of Maryland, and a national columnist.

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