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 |
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Week of June 25 |
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June 25 |
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Chicago Fed National Activity Index - May |
0.40 |
0.34 |
0.37 |
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New Home Sales - May |
667K |
662 |
665 |
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Dallas Fed General Business Activity |
26.8 |
26.8 |
37.0 |
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June 26 |
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S&P Case/Shiller Index - April |
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Twenty City M/M |
0.8% |
1.0 |
0.8 |
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Twenty City M/M - SA |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
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Twenty City Y/Y |
6.6 |
6.8 |
6.8 |
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Consumer Confidence |
128.0 |
128.0 |
128.1 |
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Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index |
16 |
16 |
16 |
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June 27 |
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Durable Goods Orders - May |
-0.8% |
-1.6 |
-0.6 |
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International Trade in Goods - May |
-$69.8B |
-68.2 |
-69.0 |
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Wholesale Inventories - May (a) |
0.3% |
0.1 |
0.3 |
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Pending Home Sales Index - May |
107.1 |
106.4 |
107.1 |
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June 28 |
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GDP - Q1 (f) |
2.2% |
2.2 |
2.2 |
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GDP Implicit Price Deflator |
1.9 |
1.9 |
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Initial Jobless Claims |
222K |
218 |
220 |
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Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index |
25 |
29 |
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June 29 |
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Personal Income - May |
0.4% |
0.3 |
0.4 |
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Personal Spending |
0.4 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
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Chicago PMI - June |
60.1 |
62.7 |
60.0 |
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Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index - June (r) |
99.3 |
99.3 |
99.2 |
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Week of July 2 |
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July 2 |
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PMI Manufacturing Index - June |
54.6 |
54.6 |
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ISM (Mfg) - June |
58.0 |
58.7 |
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Construction Spending - May |
0.5% |
1.8 |
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July 3 |
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Auto Sales* - June |
17.1M |
16.91 |
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Car Sales |
5.5 |
5.44 |
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Truck Sales |
11.6 |
11.48 |
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*SAAR, as published by Motor Intelligence |
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July 5 |
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ADP Employment Report - July |
185K |
178 |
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Initial Unemployment Claims |
222K |
218 |
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PMI Services Index |
56.5 |
56.5 |
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ISM Services - June |
58.0 |
58.6 |
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July 6 |
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Nonfarm Payrolls - June |
190K |
223 |
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Private |
185 |
218 |
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Manufacturing |
18 |
18 |
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Unemployment |
3.8% |
3.8 |
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Average Workweek |
34.5HR |
34.5 |
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Average Hourly Earnings |
0.2% |
0.3 |
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International Trade - May |
-$47.0B |
-46.2 |
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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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