Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.

Forecast

Prior Observation

Consensus

Week of January 8

January 8

Consumer Credit - November

$19.0B

20.5

18.0

January 9

NFIB Small Business Optimism Index - Dec

107.5

107.5

107.9

JOLTS - November

6.040

5.996

6.038

January 10

Export Prices - December

0.2%

0.5

0.3

Import Prices_ December

0.2

0.7

0.4

Wholesale Inventories - November

0.7%

0.7

0.7

January 11

Initial Unemployment Claims

240K

250

245

Producer Price Index - December

0.1%

0.4

0.2

Core PPI (PPI ex Food, Energy, Trade Services)

0.2

0.4

Treasury Budget - December

-$54.0B

-138.5

-32.0

January 12

Consumer Price Index - December

0.1%

0.4

0.1

Core CPI

0.2

0.1

0.2

Retail Sales - December

0.6%

0.8

0.5

Retail Sales, ex autos

0.5

1.0

0.4

Retail Sales, ex autos and gasoline

0.6

0.8

0.5

Business Inventories - November

0.3%

-0.1

0.3

Week of January 15

January 16

NY Fed Manufacturing Index - January

19.0

18.0

January 17

Industrial Production - December

0.3%

0.2

Capacity Utilization

77.3

77.1

Manufacturing

0.3

0.2

NAHB Index - January

72

74

January 18

Initial Unemployment Claims

Philadelphia Fed Index

23

26.2

Housing Starts - December

1.270K

1.297

Building Permits

1.300

1.298

January 19

Michigan Consumer Sentiment - January (p)

97.0

95.9