August Economic Reports Week 2

WEEKLY ECONOMIC REPORTS (Week Ending 8/13)

TIME (ET) REPORT PERIOD ACTUAL MEDIAN FORECAST PREVIOUS

MONDAY, AUG. 8
11 am NY Fed 3-year inflation expectations July ACT 3.2% — 3.6%

TUESDAY, AUG. 9
6 am NFIB small-business index July 89.5 89.5
8:30 am Productivity Q2 -5.0% -7.3%
8:30 am Unit labor costs Q2 9.5% 12.6%

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 10
8:30 am Consumer price index July 0.2% 1.3%
8:30 am Core CPI July 0.5% 0.7%
8:30 am CPI (year-over-year) July 8.7% 9.1%
8:30 am Core CPI (year-over-year) July 6.1% 5.9%
10 am Wholesale inventories (revision) June 1.9% 1.7%
11 am Chicago Fed President Charles Evans speaks
2 pm Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari speaks
2 pm Federal budget (compared with year earlier) July -$175 billion -$302 billion

THURSDAY, AUG. 11
8:30 am Initial jobless claims Aug. 6 264,000 260,000
8:30 am Continuing jobless claims July 30 — 1.42 million
8:30 am Producer price index July 0.2% 1.1%
7:30 pm San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly speaks

FRIDAY, AUG. 12
8:30 am Import price index July -1.0% 0.2%
10 am University of Michigan consumer sentiment index (preliminary) Aug. 52.5 51.5
10 am University of Michigan 5-year inflation expectations (preliminary) Aug. — 2.9%

 

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