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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/12 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 07/12 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 07/12 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 07/12 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 07/12 (Thurs.) 1:00 PM | Initial Jobless Claims (July 7) Continuing Claims (June 30) Consumer Price Index MoM (June) Consumer Price Index Ex Food and Energy MoM (June) Monthly Budget Statement (June) | 225k 1730k 0.2% 0.2% -$80.0b | 214k 1739k 0.1% 0.2% -$74.9b |
| 07/13 (Fri.) 9:00 AM | U. of Michigan Sentiment (July) | 98.0 | 97.1 |
| 07/16 (Mon.) 7:30 AM 07/16 (Mon.) 7:30 AM 07/16 (Mon.) 9:00 AM | Retail Sales Advance MoM (June) Retail Sales Ex Auto MoM (June) Business Inventories (May) | 0.5% 0.3% 0.4% | 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% |
| 07/17 (Tues.) 8:15 AM 07/17 (Tues.) 8:15 AM 07/18 (Wed.) 7:30 AM 07/18 (Wed.) 7:30 AM 07/18 (Wed.) 7:30 AM 07/18 (Wed.) 7:30 AM 07/18 (Wed.) 1:00 PM 07/19 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 07/19 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 07/19 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 07/19 (Thurs.) 9:00 AM | Industrial Production MoM (June) Capacity Utilization (June) Housing Starts (June) Housing Starts MoM (June) Building Permits (June) Building Permits MoM (June) U.S. Federal Reserve Releases Beige Book Initial Jobless Claims (July 14) Continuing Claims (July 7) Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook (July) Index of Leading Economic Indicators (June) | 0.5% 78.2% 1320k -2.2% 1330k 2.2% 220k 1729k 21.5 0.4% | --- --- 1173k -12.3% --- -4.6% 207k 1751k 25.7 0.5% |
| 07/23 (Mon.) 9:00 AM 07/23 (Mon.) 9:00 AM | Existing Home Sales (June) Existing Home Sales MoM (June) | 5.44m 0.2% | 5.38m -0.6% |
| 07/25 (Wed.) 9:00 AM 07/25 (Wed.) 9:00 AM 07/26 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 07/26 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 07/26 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 07/26 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM 07/26 (Thurs.) 7:30 AM | New Home Sales (June) New Home Sales MoM (June) Wholesale Inventories MoM (June) Initial Jobless Claims (July 21) Continuing Claims (July 14) Durable Goods Orders (June) Durables Ex Transportation (June) | 668k -3.1% 0.3% 215k 1733k 3.0% 0.5% | 631k -5.3% 0.0% 217k 1745k 1.0% 0.4% |
| 07/27 (Fri.) 7:30 AM 07/27 (Fri.) 7:30 AM 07/27 (Fri.) 7:30 AM 07/27 (Fri.) 9:00 AM 07/27 (Fri.) 9:00 AM | GDP Annualized QoQ (2 Quarter) Personal Consumption (2 Quarter) GDP Price Index (2 Quarter) U. of Mich. Sentiment (July) U. of Mich. Current Conditions (July) | 4.2% 3.0% 2.3% 97.1 --- | 4.1% 4.0% 3.0% 97.9 114.4 |
| 07/31 (Tues.) 7:30 AM 07/31 (Tues.) 7:30 AM 07/31 (Tues.) 7:30 AM 07/31 (Tues.) 8:45 AM 07/31 (Tues.) 9:00 AM | Employment Cost Index (2 Quarter) Personal Income (June) Personal Spending (June) Chicago Purchasing Manager (July) Conf. Board Consumer Confidence (July) | 0.7% 0.4% 0.4% 62.0 126.0 | 0.6% 0.4% 0.4% 65.5 127.4 |
| 08/01 (Wed) 9:00 AM 08/01 (Wed) 9:00 AM 08/01 (Wed) 9:00 AM 08/01 (Wed) 9:00 AM 08/01 (Wed) 9:00 AM | Construction Spending MoM (June) Institute of Supply Management (ISM) Manufacturing (July) ISM Employment (July) ISM Prices Paid (July) ISM New Orders (July) | 0.3% 59.4 ... 75.3 ... | -1.1% 58.1 56.5 73.2 60.2 |
| 08/02 (Thurs) 9:00 AM 08/02 (Thurs) 9:00 AM 08/02 (Thurs) 9:00 AM 08/02 (Thurs) 9:00 AM | Factory Orders (June) Factory Orders Ex Trans (June) Durable Goods Orders (June) Durables Ex Transportation (June) | 0.7% --- --- --- | 0.7% 0.4% 0.8% 0.2% |
| 08/03 (Fri) 7:30 AM 08/03 (Fri) 7:30 AM 08/03 (Fri) 7:30 AM 08/03 (Fri) 7:30 AM 08/03 (Fri) 7:30 AM 08/03 (Fri) 7:30 AM 08/03 (Fri) 7:30 AM 08/03 (Fri) 7:30 AM 08/03 (Fri) 7:30 AM 08/03 (Fri) 7:30 AM | Trade Balance (June) Change in Nonfarm Payrolls (July) Two-Month Payroll Net Revision (July) Change in Private Payrolls (July) Change in Manufact. Payrolls (July) Unemployment Rate (July) Underemployment Rate (July) Average Hourly Earnings MoM (July) Average Weekly Hours All Employees (July) Labor Force Participation Rate (July) | -$46.5b 193k --- 190k 25k 3.9% --- 0.3% 34.5 ----- | -$46.3b 157k 59k 170k 37k 3.9% 7.5% 0.3% 34.5 62.9% |
| 08/07 (Tuesday) 2:00PM | Consumer Credit (June) | $15.500b | $10.211b |
| 08/09 (Thursday) 7:30 AM 08/09 (Thursday) 7:30 AM 08/09 (Thursday) 7:30 AM 08/09 (Thursday) 9:00 AM 08/09 (Thursday 9:00 AM | Producer Price Index MoM (Jul) Continuing Claims (July 28) PPI Ex Food and Energy MoM (July) Wholesale Inventories MoM (June) Wholesale Trade Sales MoM (June) | 0.3% 1730k 0.2% 0.0% 0.2% | 0.1% 1755k 0.3% 0.1% -0.1% |
| 08/10 (Friday) 7:30 AM 08/10 (Friday) 7:30AM 08/10 (Friday) 1:00 PM | Consumer Price Index MoM (July) CPI Ex Food and Energy MoM (July) Monthly Budget Statement (July) | 0.2% 0.2% -$75.4b | 0.2% 0.2% -$76.9b |
| 08/15 (Wednesday) 7:30 AM 08/15 (Wednesday) 7:30 AM 08/15 (Wednesday) 8:15 AM 08/15 (Wednesday) 8:15 AM 08/15 (Wednesday) 9:00 AM | Retail Sales Advance MoM (July) Retail Sales Ex Auto MoM (July) Industrial Production MoM (July) Capacity Utilization (July) Business Inventories (June) | 0.1% 0.3% 0.3% 78.2% 0.1% | ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- |
| 08/16 (Thurs) 7:30 AM 08/16 (Thurs) 7:30 AM 08/16 (Thurs) 7:30 AM 08/16 (Thurs) 7:30 AM 08/16 (Thurs) 7:30 AM 08/16 (Thurs) 7:30 AM 08/16 (Thurs) 7:30 AM | Initial Jobless Claims (Aug 11) Continuing Claims (Aug 4) Philadelphia Fed Bisiness Outlook (Aug) Housing Starts (Jul) Housing Starts MoM (Jul) Building Permits (Jul) Building Permits MoM (Jul) | 215k 1740k 22.0 1260k 7.4% 1310k 1.4% | --- --- --- --- --- --- --- |
| 08/17 (Fri) 9:00 AM | U. of Michigan Sentiment | 98.0 | ---- |
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