Next Week’s Aug 15th thru 19th U.S. Economic Reports

REPORT SERIES

Look for market volatility next Week on Wednesday the 17th with retail sales reports and Thursday the 18th with job reports.

 

AUGUST 15th THRU 19th CALENDAR

TIME (ET)         REPORT                       PERIOD               ACTUAL                      MEDIAN FORECAST PREVIOUS

MONDAY, AUG. 15                                                                  

8:30 am   Empire State mfg index           Aug.                   —                                                  11.1

10 am      NAHB home builders’ index    Aug.                   —                                                  55

 

TUESDAY, AUG. 16                                                                 

8:30 am   Building permits (SAAR)         July                      —                                                 1.70 million

8:30 am   Housing starts (SAAR)            July                       —                                                 1.56 million

9:15 am   Industrial production             July                        —                                                 -0.2%

9:15 am   Capacity utilization rate         July                        —                                                  80.0%

 

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 17                                                            

8:30 am   Retail sales                             July                          —                                                  1.0%

8:30 am   Retail sales ex-motor veh      July                          —                                                   1.0%

8:30 am   Real retail sales                      July                          —                                                  -1.0%

10 am      Business inventories              June                        —                                                    1.4%

 

THURSDAY, AUG. 18                                                               

8:30 am   Initial jobless claims               Aug. 13                    —                                                  262,000

8:30 am   Continuing jobless claims      Aug. 6                      —                                                  1.43 million

8:30 am   Philadelphia Fed mfg index   Aug.                         —                                                  -12.3

10 am      Existing home sales (SAAR)   July                          —                                                     5.12 million

10 am      Leading economic indicates   July                         —                                                    -0.8%

 

FRIDAY, AUG. 19                                                       

10 am      Advance report on services    Q2                           —                                                                

 

 

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