Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.

 

 


 

Forecast

Prior Observation

Consensus


Week of June 25

 

 

 


June 25

 

 

 


New Home Sales - May

345K

343

350


Dallas Fed General Business Activity

0.0

-5.1

0.0


 

 

 

 


June 26

 

 

 


S&P Case/Shiller Index - April

 

 

 


Ten City M/M

0.1%

-0.1

 


Ten City Y/Y

-3.2

-2.8

 


Twenty City M/M

0.1

0.0

 


Twenty City M/M - SA

0.1

0.1

0.4


Twenty City Y/Y

-3.0

-2.6

-2.7


 

 

 

 


Consumer Confidence - June

64.0

64.9

63.5


Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index

5

4

5


 

 

 

 


June 27

 

 

 


Durable Goods Sales - May

0.5%

0.2

0.4


Pending Home Sale Index - April

95.5

95.5

96.6


 

 

 

 


June 28

 

 

 


Initial Unemployment Claims

385K

387.0

385


Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index

4

9

4


 

 

 

 


GDP - Q1 (f)

1.9%

1.9

1.9


GDP Implicit Price Deflator

1.7

1.7

1.7


 

 

 

 


June 29

 

 

 


Personal Income - May

0.2%

0.2

0.2


Personal Spending

0.0

0.3

0.0


 

 

 

 


Chicago PMI - June

53.3

52.7

53.0


Michigan Consumer Sentiment - June m(r)

74.1

74.1

74.1


 

 

 

 


Week of July 2

 

 

 


July 2

 

 

 


ISM (Mfg) - June

53.0

53.5

52.6


ISM Prices

46.0

47.5

45.8


 

 

 

 


Construction Spending - May

0.2%

0.3

0.2


 

 

 

 


July 3

 

 

 


Factory Orders - May

-0.2%

-0.6

-0.2


Durable Goods Orders

0.5

0.0

0.4


Nondurable Goods Orders

-0.4

-1.1

 


 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 


Auto Sales* - June

13.93M

13.77

13.90


Car Sales

6.90

6.86

 


Truck Sales

7.03

6.92

 


*SAAR, as published by Motor Intelligence

 

 

 


 

 

 

 


July 5

 

 

 


ADP Employment Report - July

110K

133.0

104


Initial Jobless Claims

 

 

 


 

 

 

 


ISM Services - June

54.0

53.7

53.5


ISM Prices

50.0

49.8

 


ISM Business Activity

55.9

55.6

 


 

 

 

 


July 6

 

 

 


Nonfarm Payrolls - June

96K

69

90


Private

104

82

100


Core Private*

65

39

 


Manufacturing

5

13

5


Unemployment

8.2%

8.2

8.2


Average Workweek

34.4Hrs

34.4

34.4


Average Hourly Earnings

0.2%

0.0

0.2


 

 

 

 


Peter Morici is a professor at the University of Maryland Smith School of Business and former Chief Economist at the U.S. International Trade Commission.



 

 

 

 


Peter Morici

 

 

 


Professor

 

 

 


Robert H. Smith School of Business

 

 

 


University of Maryland

 

 

 


College Park, MD 20742-1815

 

 

 


703 549 4338

 

 

 


Cell 703 618 4338

 

 

 


pmorici@rhsmith.umd.edu

 

 

 


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