Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of March 20 And March 27
Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data |
Forecast |
Prior Observation |
Consensus |
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Week of March 20 |
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March 20 |
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Chicago Fed National Activity Index |
0.10 |
-0.05 |
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March 21 |
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Current Account - Q4 |
-$128.3B |
-113.0 |
-128.1 |
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March 22 |
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Existing Home Sales - February |
5.580M |
5.690 |
5.555 |
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FHFA Housing Market Index - January |
0.4% |
0.4 |
0.5 |
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March 23 |
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Initial Unemployment Claims |
241K |
241 |
240 |
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New Home Sales - February |
0.555M |
0.555 |
0.565 |
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March 24 |
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Durable Good Orders - February |
1.2% |
2.0 |
1.5 |
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Week of March 27 |
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March 27 |
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Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index |
21.0 |
24.5 |
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March 28 |
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International Trade in Goods - January |
-$67.5B |
-69.2 |
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S&P Case/Shiller Index - January |
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Twenty City M/M |
0.0% |
0.3 |
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Twenty City M/M - SA |
0.8 |
0.9 |
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Twenty City Y/Y |
5.6 |
5.6 |
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Consumer Confidence Index - March |
113.0 |
114.8 |
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Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index |
15.0 |
17 |
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March 29 |
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Pending Home Sale Index - February |
107.9 |
106.4 |
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March 30 |
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GDP - Q4 (f) |
1.9% |
1.9 |
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GDP Implicit Price Deflator |
2.1 |
2.0 |
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Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index |
14 |
14 |
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March 31 |
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Personal Income - February |
0.4% |
0.4 |
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Personal Spending |
0.2 |
0.2 |
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Chicago PMI - March |
57.4 |
57.4 |
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Michigan Consumer Sentiment - March (f) |
97.6 |
97.6 |
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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