Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of April 8 And April 15

By Peter Morici

Monday, April 8, 2024 12:59 AM EST

Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.
		Prior
	Forecast	Observation

Week of April 8
April 9
NFIB Small Business Optimism Index - March	90.0	89.4

April 10
Consumer Price Index - March	0.4%	0.4
Core CPI	0.3	0.4

Wholesale Inventories - February (r)	0.8%	0.8
Treasury Budget - March	-$220.0B	-296.3

April 11
Producer Price Index - March	0.3%	0.6
PPI less food, energy and trade services	0.2	0.4

April 12
Export Prices - March	0.1%	0.8
Import Prices	0.1	0.3
Import Prices, Ex-Petroleum	0.0	0.2

Michigan Consumer Sentiment - April (p)	77.5	79.4

Week of April 15
April 15
Retail Sales - March	0.5%	0.6
Retail Sales, ex Autos	0.5	0.3
Retail Sales, ex-Autos, Gas	0.5	0.3

NY Fed Manufacturing Index	-11.7	-20.9
Business Inventories - February	0.4%	0.0
NAHB Index - April	52	51

April 16
Housing Starts - March	1.487K	1.521
Building Permits	1.510	1.518

Industrial Production - March	0.4%	0.1
Manufacturing	-0.1	0.8
Capacity Utilization	78.5	78.3

April 18
Philadelphia Fed Survey	0.0	3.2
Leading Indicators - March	0.1%	0.1
Existing Home Sales - March	4.00M	4.38

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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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