Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of Sept. 5 And Sept. 12

Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.    

 
     
 
Forecast
Prior Observation
Consensus
Week of September 5 
 
 
 
September 7
 
 
 
ISM Services - August
57.0
56.7
55.5
 
 
 
 
September 7
 
 
 
International Trade - July
-70.5
-79.6
-70.5
 
 
 
 
September 8
 
 
 
Initial Unemployment Claims
235K
232
240
Consumer Credit - July
$25.0B
40.1
33.0
 
 
 
 
September 9
 
 
 
Wholesale Inventories - July
0.8%
0.8
0.8
 
 
 
 
Week of September 12
 
 
 
September 13
 
 
 
Consumer Price Index - August
0.2%
0.0
 
Core CPI
0.4
0.3
 
 
 
 
 
NFIB Small Business Optimisim Index - August
89.9
89.9
 
Treasury Budget - August
-$220.0B
-211.1
 
 
 
 
 
September 14
 
 
 
Producer Price Index - August
0.3%
-0.5
 
PPI Core (less food, energy and trade services)
0.4
0.2
 
 
 
 
 
September 15
 
 
 
Retail Sales - August
0.2%
0.0
 
Retail Sales, Less Autos and Gas
0.7
0.7
 
 
 
 
 
Philadelphia Fed Survey
2.0
6.2
 
New York Fed Manufacturing Index
-15.5
-31.3
 
 
 
 
 
Export Prices -  August
-1.20%
-3.3
 
Import Prices
-1.3
-1.4
 
Import Prices, ex-Petroleum
-0.4
-0.7
 
 
 
 
 
Industrial Production - August
0.4%
0.6
 
Capacity Utilization
80.5
80.3
 
Manufacturing
0.2
0.7
 
 
 
 
 
Business Inventories - July
0.8%
1.4
 
 
 
 
 
September 16
 
 
 
Michigan Consumer Sentiment - Sept (p)
58.0
58.2
 

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

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