Economic Data And Forecasts For The Weeks Of June 25 And July 2

 Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.

       
 

Forecast

Prior Observation

Consensus

 

Week of June 25

       

June 25

       

Chicago Fed National Activity Index - May

0.40

0.34

0.37

 

New Home Sales - May

667K

662

665

 

Dallas Fed General Business Activity

26.8

26.8

37.0

 
         

June 26

       

S&P Case/Shiller Index - April

       

Twenty City M/M

0.8%

1.0

0.8

 

Twenty City M/M - SA

0.3

0.5

0.5

 

Twenty City Y/Y

6.6

6.8

6.8

 
         

Consumer Confidence

128.0

128.0

128.1

 

Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index

16

16

16

 
         

June 27

       

Durable Goods Orders - May

-0.8%

-1.6

-0.6

 

International Trade in Goods - May

-$69.8B

-68.2

-69.0

 

Wholesale Inventories - May (a)

0.3%

0.1

0.3

 

Pending Home Sales Index - May

107.1

106.4

107.1

 
         

June 28

       

GDP - Q1 (f)

2.2%

2.2

2.2

 

GDP Implicit Price Deflator

1.9

1.9

   
         

Initial Jobless Claims

222K

218

220

 

Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index

25

29

   
         

June 29

       

Personal Income - May

0.4%

0.3

0.4

 

Personal Spending

0.4

0.6

0.4

 
         

Chicago PMI - June

60.1

62.7

60.0

 

Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index - June (r)

99.3

99.3

99.2

 
         

Week of July 2

       

July 2

       

PMI Manufacturing Index - June

54.6

54.6

   

ISM (Mfg) - June

58.0

58.7

   

Construction Spending - May

0.5%

1.8

   
         

July 3

       
         

Auto Sales* - June

17.1M

16.91

   

Car Sales

5.5

5.44

   

Truck Sales

11.6

11.48

   

*SAAR, as published by Motor Intelligence

       
         

July 5

       

ADP Employment Report - July

185K

178

   

Initial Unemployment Claims

222K

218

   
         

PMI Services Index

56.5

56.5

   

ISM Services - June

58.0

58.6

   
         

July 6

       

Nonfarm Payrolls - June

190K

223

   

Private

185

218

   

Manufacturing

18

18

   

Unemployment

3.8%

3.8

   

Average Workweek

34.5HR

34.5

   

Average Hourly Earnings

0.2%

0.3

   
         

International Trade - May

-$47.0B

-46.2

   
   

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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