Producer price index and retail sales on file – Data update for the coming week

The following are forecasts for this week’s remaining US data from a survey compiled by the Wall Street Journal.

The FOMC announcement is scheduled for Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. ET, followed by a press conference with Fed Chairman Jerome Powell at 2:30 p.m. ET.

 
DATE      TIME  RELEASE                    PERIOD     CONSENSUS    PREVIOUS 
          (ET) 
Tuesday   0600  Small Business Svy          Nov       98.0   (11)   98.2 
          0830  Producer Price Index        Nov      +0.5%   (27)  +0.6% 
                  -- ex food & energy       Nov      +0.4%   (24)  +0.4% 
                  -- ex food, energy, trade Nov      +0.4%   (8)   +0.4% 
Wednesday 0830  Retail Sales                Nov      +0.8%   (30)  +1.7% 
                  -- ex autos               Nov      +1.0%   (28)  +1.7% 
          0830 Import Prices                Nov      +0.6%   (17)  +1.2% 
          0830 NY Empire St Fed Mfg Svy     Dec       25     (17)   30.9 
          1000 Business Inventories         Oct      +1.1%   (18)  +0.7% 
          1000 Housing Mkt Index            Dec       84     (18)   83 
Thursday  0830 Jobless Claims               Dec 11    195K   (22)   184K 
          0830 Housing Starts               Nov       1.56M  (29)   1.52M 
                 -- percent change          Nov      +2.6%         -0.7% 
          0830 Building Permits Nov         Nov       1.66M  (20)   1.65M 
                 -- percent change          Nov      +0.6%         +4.0% 
          0830 Phila Fed Mfg Svy            Dec       30     (18)   39 
          0915 Industrial Production        Nov      +0.6%   (27)  +1.6% 
          0915 Capacity Utilization         Nov       76.8%  (22)   76.4% 
          0945 Markit Flash Mfg PMI         Dec       58.6   (7)    58.3* 
          0945 Markit Flash Services PMI    Dec       58.2   (6)    58.0* 
          1100 Kansas City Fed Mfg Svy      Dec       25     (3)    24 
                 Composite Index 
 
*Nov Final Reading 
 
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.) 
 

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December 13, 2021 2:15 p.m. ET (7:15 p.m. GMT)

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