By B.P.T., on February 10th, 2012
At 8:30 AM Eastern time, the International Trade report for December will be released. The consensus is a deficit of $47.8 billion, which would be the same value as the previous month.
At 9:55 AM Eastern time, Consumer Sentiment for the first half of February will be announced. The consensus is that the index will be at 74.3, which would be a decrease of 0.7 points from the level reported in the second half of last month.
At 12:30 PM Eastern time, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will speak to the 2012 National Association of Homebuilders International Builders’ Show on the topic of Housing Markets In Transition.
At 2:00 PM Eastern time, the Treasury budget for January will be released, providing an account of the federal government’s budget surplus or deficit for that month.
By B.P.T., on February 9th, 2012
At 8:30 AM Eastern time, the U.S. government will release its weekly Jobless Claims report. The consensus is that there were 370,000 new jobless claims last week, which would would be 3,000 more than the previous week.
At 9:45 AM Eastern time, 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 10:00 AM Eastern time, the Wholesale Trade report will be released for December, showing inventory levels for wholesalers in the United States. The consensus is that wholesale inventories increased 0.4% .
At 10:30 AM Eastern time, 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 Eastern time, 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 Eastern time, 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 February 8th, 2012
The Mortgage Bankers’ Association purchase index will be released at 7:00 AM Eastern time, providing an update on the quantity of new mortgages and refinancings closed in the last week.
At 10:30 AM Eastern time, the weekly Energy Information Administration Petroleum Status Report will be released, giving investors an update on oil inventories in the United States.
By B.P.T., on February 7th, 2012
At 7:45 AM Eastern time, 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 Eastern time, the weekly Redbook report will be released, giving us more information about consumer spending.
At 10:00 AM Eastern time, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will testify to the Senate Budget Committee on the economy.
At 3:00 PM Eastern time, the Consumer Credit report for December will be released. The consensus estimate is that there will be an increase of $7.0 billion in the consumer credit available, after an increase of $20.4 billion in the previous month.
By B.P.T., on February 3rd, 2012
The Monster Employment Index for January was released today, and the index moved down 7 points from last month to a value of 133, but is 9% higher than last January’s value.
At 8:30 AM EDT, the Employment Situation report for January will be announced, and the consensus for non-farm payrolls is an increase of 135,000 jobs compared to 200,000 in the previous month, the consensus for the unemployment rate is that it will remain at 8.5%, the consensus average hourly earnings rate is expected to increase 0.2%, and the consensus for the average workweek is 34.4 hours.
At 10:00 AM Eastern time, the Factory Orders report for December will be released. The consensus is that there was an increase of 1.5% in orders from the previous month.
Also at 10:00 AM Eastern time, the ISM non-manufacturing index for January will be released. The consensus estimate is that increased by 0.7 points to a value of 53.3, and will continue to signal economic growth as it remains above the mid-point of 50.
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By B.P.T., on February 2nd, 2012
The monthly Chain Store Sales report will be released today. This report on sales in chain stores gives a look at the health of stores that make up about 10% of all retail sales.
The Challenger Job-Cut Report will be released at 7:30 AM Eastern time, providing an estimate of the number of layoffs in December.
At 8:30 AM Eastern time, the U.S. government will release its weekly Jobless Claims report. The consensus is that there were 370,000 new jobless claims last week, which would would be 7,000 less than the previous week.
Also at 8:30 AM Eastern time, the Productivity and Costs report for the fourth quarter of 2011 will be released. The consensus is that non-farm productivity increased by 0.8% in the last quarter and labor unit costs increased 1.0%.
At 9:45 AM Eastern time, 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 Eastern time, 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 Eastern time, 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 Eastern time, 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 February 1st, 2012
The figures for motor vehicle sales for January will be released today. The consensus estimate is that 13.6 million autos were sold last month, which would be the same as the previous month.
The Mortgage Bankers’ Association purchase index will be released at 7:00 AM Eastern time, providing an update on the quantity of new mortgages and refinancings closed in the last week.
At 8:15 AM Eastern time, the monthly ADP Employment Report will be released. Investors will be watching this number to get advance notice on the state of the job market in advance of the government’s report on Friday.
At 10:00 AM Eastern time, the Construction Spending report for December will be released, and the consensus is that there was an increase of 0.5% in spending compared to the previous month.
Also at 10:00 AM Eastern time, the ISM manufacturing index for January will be released. The consensus estimate is that it increased 0.6 points last month to a value of 54.5, and will still signal economic growth as it stays above the mid-point of 50.
At 10:30 AM Eastern time, the weekly Energy Information Administration Petroleum Status Report will be released, giving investors an update on oil inventories in the United States.
By B.P.T., on January 31st, 2012
At 7:45 AM Eastern time, 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 Eastern time, the weekly Redbook report will be released, giving us more information about consumer spending.
At 9:00 AM Eastern time, 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 Eastern time, the Chicago PMI Index for January will be announced. The consensus index value is 63.0, which is 0.5 points higher than last month, and is above the break-even level at 50.
At 10:00 AM Eastern time, the monthly report on Consumer Confidence for January will be released. The consensus index level is 68, which would be a 3.5 point increase from last month’s number.
Also at 10:00 AM Eastern time, 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 Eastern time, 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 30th, 2012
At 8:30 AM Eastern time, 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 0.1%.
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By B.P.T., on January 27th, 2012
At 8:30 AM Eastern time, the advance GDP report for the fourth quarter of 2011 will be announced. The consensus is an increase of 3.1% in real GDP and an increase of 1.5% in the GDP price index.
At 9:55 AM Eastern time, Consumer Sentiment for the second half of January will be announced. The consensus is that the index will be at 74.0, which is the same as the value reported in the first half of the month.
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