By B.P.T., on June 30th, 2011
At 8:30 AM EDT, the U.S. government will release its weekly Jobless Claims report. The consensus is that there were 420 ,000 new jobless claims last week, which would would be 9,000 less than the previous week.
At 9:45 AM EDT, the Chicago PMI Index for June will be announced. The consensus index value is 53, which is 3.3 points lower than last month, but is still above the break-even level at 50.
Also at 9:45 AM EDT, the weekly Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index will be released, providing an update on Americans’ views of the U.S. economy, their personal finances and the buying climate.
At 10:30 AM EDT, the weekly Energy Information Administration Natural Gas Report will be released, giving an update on natural gas inventories in the United States.
At 4:30 PM EDT, the Federal Reserve will release its Money Supply report, showing the amount of liquidity available in the U.S. economy.
Also at 4:30 PM EDT, the Federal Reserve will release its Balance Sheet report, showing the amount of liquidity the Fed has injected into the economy by adding or removing reserves.
By B.P.T., on May 31st, 2011
At 9:00 AM EDT, the monthly S&P/Case-Shiller home price index report will be released. Given that most economists don’t expect the overall U.S. economy to improve until housing prices end their decline, the market will be watching this number closely.
At 9:45 AM EDT, the Chicago PMI Index for May will be announced. The consensus index value is 63, which is 4.6 points lower than last month, but is still well above the break-even level at 50.
At 10:00 AM EDT, the monthly report on Consumer Confidence for May will be released. The consensus index level is 66.5, which would be a 1.1 point increase from April’s number.
Also at 10:00 AM EDT, the State Street Investor Confidence Index will be released, which looks at changes in the amount of equities held in the portfolios of institutional investors.
At 3:00 PM EDT, the Farm Prices report for April will be released, giving investors and economists an indication of the direction of food prices in the coming months.
By B.P.T., on April 29th, 2011
At 8:30 AM EDT, the monthly Personal Income and Outlays report for March will be released. The consensus for Personal Income is an increase of 0.3% over the previous month and the consensus Consumer Spending index change is an increase of 0.5%.
Also at 8:30 AM EDT, the Employment Cost Index for the first quarter of 2011 will be announced.
At 9:45 AM EDT, the Chicago PMI Index for April will be announced. The consensus index value is 68, which is 2.6 points lower than last month, but is still well above the break-even level at 50.
At 9:55 AM EDT, Consumer Sentiment for the second half of April will be announced. The consensus is that the index will be at 69.6, which is the same as the value reported in the first half of the month.
At 12:30 PM EDT, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will give a speech to the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank Community Affairs Research Conference.
At 3:00 PM EDT, the Farm Prices report for March will be released, giving investors and economists an indication of the direction of food prices in the coming months.
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By B.P.T., on March 31st, 2011
The Monster Employment Index for March was released today, and the index moved up 7 points to a value of 136, which is 8.8% higher than last March’s value.
At 8:30 AM EDT, the U.S. government will release its weekly Jobless Claims report. The consensus is that there were 380,000 new jobless claims last week, which would would be 2,000 less than the number released last week.
At 9:45 AM EDT, the Chicago PMI Index for March will be announced. The consensus index value is 70, which is 1.2 points lower than last month, but is still well above the break-even level at 50.
At 10:00 AM EDT, the Factory Orders report for February will be released. The consensus is that there was an increase of 0.5% in orders from the previous month.
At 10:30 AM EDT, the weekly Energy Information Administration Natural Gas Report will be released, giving an update on natural gas inventories in the United States.
At 4:30 PM EDT, the Federal Reserve will release its Money Supply report, showing the amount of liquidity available in the U.S. economy.
Also at 4:30 PM EDT, the Federal Reserve will release its Balance Sheet report, showing the amount of liquidity the Fed has injected into the economy by adding or removing reserves.
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By B.P.T., on February 28th, 2011
At 8:30 AM EST, the monthly Personal Income and Outlays report for January will be released. The consensus for Personal Income is an increase of 0.4% over the previous month and the consensus Consumer Spending index change is an increase of 0.4%.
At 9:45 AM EST, the Chicago PMI Index for February will be announced. The consensus index value is 68, which is 0.8 points lower than last month, but is still well above the break-even level at 50.
At 10:00 AM EST, the value of the pending home sales index for December will be announced.
At 3:00 PM EST, the Farm Prices report for January will be released, giving investors and economists an indication of the direction of food prices in the coming months.
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By B.P.T., on January 31st, 2011
At 8:30 AM EST, the monthly Personal Income and Outlays report for December will be released. The consensus for Personal Income is an increase of 0.4% over the previous month and the consensus Consumer Spending index change is an increase of 0.5%.
At 9:45 AM EST, the Chicago PMI Index for January will be announced. The consensus index value is 65, which is 3.6 points lower than last month, but is still well above the break-even level at 50.
At 3:00 PM EST, the Farm Prices report for December will be released, giving investors and economists an indication of the direction of food prices in the coming months.
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By B.P.T., on December 30th, 2010
At 8:30 AM EST, the U.S. government will release its weekly Jobless Claims report. The consensus is that there were 415,000 new jobless claims last week, which would would be 5,000 less than last week’s number as the employment market continues to show signs of improvement.
At 9:45 AM EST, the Chicago PMI Index for December will be announced. The consensus index value is 62, which is 0.5 points lower than last month, but is still well above the break-even level at 50.
At 10:00 AM EST,the value of the pending home sales index for November will be announced.
At 10:30 AM EST, the weekly Energy Information Administration Natural Gas Report will be released, giving an update on natural gas inventories in the United States.
At 11:00 AM EST, the weekly Energy Information Administration Petroleum Status Report will be released, giving investors an update on oil inventories in the United States.
At 3:00 PM EST, the Farm Prices report for November will be released, giving investors and economists an indication of the direction of food prices in the coming months.
At 4:30 PM EST, the Federal Reserve will release its Money Supply report, showing the amount of liquidity available in the U.S. economy.
Also at 4:30 PM EST, the Federal Reserve will release its Balance Sheet report, showing the amount of liquidity the Fed has injected into the economy by adding or removing reserves.
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By Eldon Mast, on December 1st, 2010
On Tuesday, Chicago manufacturing reports and Consumer Confidence led the good news of the day.
Chicagoland continues to report accelerating month-to-month growth in their manufacturing sector. New orders rose in November vs October to extend what is now extremely strong order growth trending. Production is now cranking and like other regions is raising the demand for manufacturing employment which was reported strong in November as well as October. The healthy production is also holding down and unfilled orders, which now reflect a contracting rate.
The Chicago report covers both non-manufacturing and manufacturing and indicates that we will continue to see strength in the nationwide purchasing reports for November also to be released this week.
Consumer confidence improved in November at a rate better than any economist had projected this month. The Conference Board’s reading jumped more than four points to 54.1 fueled by gains in their “expectations component.” That measurement points to overall improvement in future months.
Retail sales also moved higher in the November 27 week according to ICSC-Goldman’s index released on Tuesday. The improvement now registers a year-on-year rate of plus 3.5 percent. For November as a whole, ICSC-Goldman has measured a three to four percent year-year gain.
Redbook reported a spike higher in same-store retail sales during the week just past. Its reading at a plus 4.9 percent on-year rate is now the strongest retail growth rate of the whole recovery.
All of these reports underscore a solid recovery that is on track and jobs growth (particularly in manufacturing) that continues to increase.
By B.P.T., on November 30th, 2010
At 7:45 AM EST, the weekly ICSC-Goldman Store Sales report will be released, giving an update on the health of the consumer through this analysis of retail sales.
At 8:55 AM EST, the weekly Redbook report will be released, giving us more information about consumer spending.
At 9:00 AM EST, the monthly S&P/Case-Shiller home price index report will be released. Given that most economists don’t expect the overall U.S. economy to improve until housing prices end their decline, the market will be watching this number closely.
At 9:45 AM EST, the Chicago PMI Index for November will be announced. The consensus index value is 61, which is 0.4 points higher than last month, and is still well above the break-even level at 50.
At 10:00 AM EST, the monthly report on Consumer Confidence for November will be released. The consensus index level is 52, which would be a 1.8 point increase from October’s number.
Also at 10:00 AM EST, the State Street Investor Confidence Index will be released, which looks at changes in the amount of equities held in the portfolios of institutional investors.
At 3:00 PM EST, the Farm Prices report for October will be released, giving investors and economists an indication of the direction of food prices in the coming months.
At 8:00 PM EST, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Cleveland Federal Reserve President Sandra Pianalto will discuss the economy with global, regional and local business leaders.
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By B.P.T., on October 29th, 2010
At 8:30 AM EDT, the Employment Cost Index for the third quarter of 2010 will be announced. The consensus is an increase of 0.5%, which is the same as the second quarter of 2010.
Also at 8:30 AM EDT, the advance GDP report for the second quarter of 2010 will be announced. The consensus is an increase of 2.0% in real GDP and an increase of 2.0% in the GDP price index. The real GDP estimate is slightly higher than the final estimate for the previous quarter, and these levels indicate moderate economic growth.
At 9:45 AM EDT, the Chicago PMI Index for October will be announced. The consensus index value is 57.6, which is 2.8 points lower than last month, but is still well above the break-even level at 50.
At 9:55 AM EDT, Consumer Sentiment for the second half of October will be announced. The consensus is that the index will be at 68, which is 0.1 points higher than the value reported in the first half of the month.
At 3:00 PM EDT, the Farm Prices report for September will be released, giving investors and economists an indication of the direction of food prices in the coming months.
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