Refer to this calendar of economic releases for specific release dates & times; the "ones to watch"are highlighted in "red"and are further defined in the "Glossary of "Key" Economic Indicators" below.
| Date / Day / Time (Central Daylight Time) | Event Description | Forecast
(Previous
Report) |
Actual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/14 (Mon.) | Nothing Scheduled | ||
| 05/15 (Tues.) 7:30 AM 9:00 AM | Retail Sales - Apr (Ex-Automobile Sales) Business Inventories | +0.3% +0.6% 0.2% | ---- ---- 0.6% |
| 05/16 (Wed.) 7:30 AM 7:30 AM 7:30 AM 7:30 AM 8:15 AM 8:15 AM | Housing Starts (Apr) Housing Starts MoM Building Permits Building Permits Mom Industrial Production MoM Capacity Utilization | 1319k 0.0% 1343k -2.6% 0.6% 78.4% | 1319k 1.9% 1343k 2.5% 0.5% 78.0% |
| 05/17 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 05/17 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 05/17 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 05/17 (Thurs.) 9:00 AM | Initial Jobless Claims Continuing Claims Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Leading Index | 21.4 0.4 | ....... ....... |
| 05/23 (Wed.) 9:00 AM 05/23 (Wed.) 9:00 AM 05/23 (Wed.) 1:00 PM | New Home Sales Home Sales MoM FOMC Meeting Minutes | 670K -3.5% | |
| 05/24 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 05/24 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 05/24 (Thurs.) 9:00 AM 05/24 (Thurs.) 9:00 AM | Initial Jobless Claims Continuing Claims Existing Home Sales Existing Home Sales MoM | ..... 5.61M 0.2% | ..... |
| 05/25 (Fri.) 7:30 AM 05/25 (Fri.) 7:30 AM 05/25 (Fri.) 9:00 AM 05/25 (Fri.) 9:00 AM 05/25 (Fri.) 9:00 AM | Durable Goods Orders Durables Ex Transportation Revisions: Wholesale Trade Revisions: Retail Sales U. of Mich. Sentiment | -2.0% ..... ..... ..... ..... | |
| 05/29 (Tues.) 9:00 AM | Conf. Board Consumer Confidence | ..... | |
| 05/30 (Wed.) 7:15 AM 05/30 (Wed.) 7:30 AM 05/30 (Wed.) 7:30 AM 05/30 (Wed.) 7:30 AM 05/30 (Wed.) 7:30 AM 05/30 (Wed.) 7:30 AM 05/30 (Wed.) 7:30 AM 05/30 (Wed.) 7:30 AM 05/30 (Wed.) 1:00 PM | ADP Employment Change Wholesale Inventories MoM Annualized QoQ Personal Consumption GDP Price Index Core PCE QoQ Advance Goods Trade Balance Retail Inventories MoM U.S. Federal Reserve Releases Beige Book | ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... | ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... |
| 05/31 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 05/31 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 05/31 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 05/31 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 05/31 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 05/31 (Thurs.) 8:45 AM | PCE Core YoY Personal Income Initial Jobless Claims Personal Spending Continuing Claims Chicago Purchasing Manager | ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... | ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... |
| 04/16 (Mon.) 7:30 AM 9:00 AM | Retail Sales - Mar (Ex-Automobile Sales) Business Inventories - Feb | +0.5% +0.3% +0.3% | |
| 04/17 (Tues.) 7:30 AM 8:15 AM | Housing Starts - Dec Building Permits - Dec Industrial Production - Dec Capacity Utilization - Dec | -2.1% / 1,270K -1.0% / 1,290K +0.5% 77.4% | |
| 04/18 (Wed.) **1:00 PM** | FED's "Beige Book" Release | ||
| 04/19 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 7:30 AM | Weekly Jobless Claims (04/14) Continuing Claims (04/07) Philadelphia Fed Index - Apr | 250K 1,893K 23.8 | |
| 04/20 (Fri.) | Nothing Scheduled | ||
| 04/23 (Mon.) 9:00 AM | Existing Home Sales - Mar | -3.8% / 5.59 Million | |
| 04/24 (Tues.) 9:00 AM 9:00 AM | New Home Sales - Mar Consumer Confidence - Apr | -11.3% / 650K 97.0 | |
| 04/25 (Wed.) | Nothing Scheduled | ||
| 04/26 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 7:30 AM 7:30 AM | Weekly Jobless Claims (04/21) Continuing Claims (04/14) Wholesale Inventories - Mar P Durable Goods Orders - Mar (P) (Ex-Transportation Orders) | +0.8% +0.5% +0.5% | |
| 04/27 (Fri.) 7:30 AM 7:30 AM 9:00 AM | 1-Q-18: A Overall GDP Personal Consumption GDP Price Index Employment Cost Index: 1-Q-18 Consumer Sentiment - Apr (F) (Univerisity of Michigan) | +3.0% +2.2% +2.1% +0.6% | |
| 04/30 (Mon.) 7:30 AM 8:45 AM | Personal Income - Mar Personal Spending - Mar Chicago Purchasing Manager - Jan | +0.3% +0.6% 67.6 | |
| 05/01 (Tues.) | Nothing Scheduled | ||
| 05/02 (Wed.) 7:30 AM 8:45 AM **1:00 PM** | Employment Cost Index: 4-Q-17 Chicago Purchasing Manager - Jan FOMC Rate Decision Benchmark Fed Funds Target Fed's Prime Credit Rate Between Meetings Policy Directive | +0.7% 67.6 | |
| 05/03 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 7:30 AM 9:00 AM 9:00 AM | Weekly Jobless Claims (01/27) Continuing Claims (01/20) Nonfarm Productivity: 4-Q-17 (P) Unit Labor Costs: 4-Q-17 (P) ISM Manufacturing Index - Jan ISM Prices Paid - Jan Construction Spending - Dec | +3.0% -0.2% | |
| 05/04 (Fri.) 7:30 AM 9:00 AM 9:00 AM 9:00 AM | Unemployment Rate - Jan Under-employment Rate - Jan Change in Nonfarm Payrolls - Jan Change in Private Payrolls - Jan Average Hourly Earnings - Jan Average Weekly Hours - Jan Labor Force Participation Rate - Jan Factory Orders - Dec Consumer Sentiment - Dec (F) Durable Goods Orders - Nov (F) (Ex-Transportation Orders) | ||
| 05/07 (Mon.) 9:00 AM | ISM Non-Manufacturing Index - Jan | ||
| 05/08 (Tues.) 7:30 AM | Trade Balance of Payments - Dec | ||
| 05/09 (Wed.) 2:00 PM | Consumer Credit - Dec | ||
| 05/10 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM | Weekly Jobless Claims (02/03) Continuing Claims (01/27) | ||
| 05/11 (Fri.) 9:00 AM | Wholesale Inventories - Dec F | ||
| 05/14 (Mon.) 1:00 PM | Monthly Budget Statement - Jan | ||
| 05/15 (Tues.) | Nothing Scheduled | ||
| 05/16 (Wed.) 7:30 AM 7:30 AM 9:00 AM | Consumer Price Index - Jan "Core" CPI (Ex-Food/Energy) Retail Sales - Jan (Ex-Automobile Sales) Business Inventories - Dec | ||
| 05/17 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 7:30 AM 7:30 AM 8:15 AM | Weekly Jobless Claims (02/10) Continuing Claims (02/03) Producer Price Index - Jan "Core" PPI (Ex-Food/Energy) Philadelphia Fed Index - Feb Industrial Production - Jan Capacity Utilization - Jan | ||
| 05/18 (Fri.) 7:30 AM 9:00 AM | Housing Starts - Jan Building Permits - Jan Consumer Sentiment - Feb (P) | ||
| 05/21 (Mon.) | Nothing Scheduled | ||
| 05/22 (Tues.) | Nothing Scheduled | ||
| 05/23 (Wed.) 9:00 AM **1:00 PM** | Existing Home Sales - Jan Fed's Release of Minutes: Jan 31st FOMC Meeting | ||
| 05/24 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 9:00 AM | Weekly Jobless Claims (02/17) Continuing Claims (02/10) Index of Leading Indicators - Jan | ||
| 05/25 (Fri.) | Nothing Scheduled | ||
| 05/28 (Mon.) | Most U.S. Financial Markets will be CLOSED in Observance of the Memorial Day Holiday | ||
| 05/29 (Tues.) 7:30 AM 7:30 AM | Wholesale Inventories - Jan P Durable Goods Orders - Jan P (Ex-Transportation Orders) | ||
| 05/30 (Wed.) 7:30 AM | 4-Q-17: S Overall GDP Personal Consumption GDP Price Index | ||
| 05/31 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 7:30 AM 9:00 AM | Weekly Jobless Claims (02/24) Continuing Claims (02/17) Personal Income - Jan Personal Spending - Jan ISM Manufacturing Index - Jan ISM Prices Paid - Jan | ||
| 06/01 (Fri.) 9:00 AM | Consumer Sentiment - Feb (F) | ||
| 06/04 (Mon.) 9:00 AM 9:00 AM | Factory Orders - Jan Durable Goods Orders - Jan P (Ex-Transportation Orders) | ||
| 06/05 (Tues.) 7:30 AM 9:00 AM 2:00 PM | Factory Orders - Jan Durable Goods Orders - Jan F (Ex-Transportation Orders) Consumer Credit - Jan | ||
| 06/06 (Wed.) 7:30 AM 7:30 AM **1:00 PM** | Trade Balance of Payments - Jan Nonfarm Productivity: 4-Q-17 (F) Unit Labor Costs: 4-Q-17 (F) FED's "Beige Book" Release | ||
| 06/07 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM | Weekly Jobless Claims (03/03) Continuing Claims (02/24) | ||
| 06/08 (Fri.) 7:30 AM 9:00 AM | Unemployment Rate - Feb Under-employment Rate - Feb Change in Nonfarm Payrolls - Feb Change in Private Payrolls - Feb Average Hourly Earnings - Feb Average Weekly Hours - Feb Labor Force Participation Rate - Feb Wholesale Inventories - Jan F | ||
| 06/11 (Mon.) 1:00 PM | Monthly Budget Statement - Feb | ||
| 06/12 (Tues.) 7:30 AM | Consumer Price Index - Feb "Core" CPI (Ex-Food/Energy) | ||
| 06/13 (Wed.) 7:30 AM 7:30 AM 9:00 AM | Producer Price Index - Feb "Core" PPI (Ex-Food/Energy) Retail Sales - Feb (Ex-Automobile Sales) Business Inventories - Dec | ||
| 06/14 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM | Weekly Jobless Claims (03/10) Continuing Claims (03/03) | ||
| 06/15 (Fri.) 7:30 AM 9:00 AM | Housing Starts - Feb Building Permits - Feb Consumer Sentiment - Mar (P) | ||
(Remember to check out the latest update of the "Chart Watch" section for a pictorial view of the latest trends on several "key" economic indicators.) Click here: "Chart Watch"