By B.P.T., on January 26th, 2011
The Mortgage Bankers’ Association purchase index was released at 7:00 AM EST, and there was a week to week decrease of 8.7% in the Purchase Index and a week to week decrease of 15.3% in the Refinance Index.
At 10:00 AM EST, the New Home Sales report for December will be released. The consensus is that 300,000 new homes were sold last month, which would be an decrease of 10,000 from last month.
At 10:30 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 2:15 PM EST, the FOMC Meeting Announcement will be made, which will provide insight into how long the Federal Reserve plans to keep rates at 0%. It is assumed that there will be no immediate change in the Fed funds target rate, but any hint that rates could rise in the future could have an impact on the bond market and stock market.
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By B.P.T., on December 14th, 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 8:30 AM EDT, the Producer Price Index for November will be released. The consensus is that the index increased 0.7% over last month, and increased 0.3% when food and energy are excluded.
Also at 8:30 AM EDT, the Retail Sales report for November will be released. The consensus is that retail sales increased 0.7% from October, after a 1.2% increase last month.
At 8:55 AM EST, the weekly Redbook report will be released, giving us more information about consumer spending.
At 10:00 AM EDT, the Business Inventories report for October will be released. The consensus is that inventories increased 1.0% from September.
At 2:15 PM EDT, the FOMC Meeting Announcement will be made, which will provide insight into how long the Federal Reserve plans to keep rates at 0%. It is assumed that there will be no immediate change in the Fed funds target rate, but any hint that rates could rise in the future could have an impact on the bond market and stock market.
By B.P.T., on November 3rd, 2010
The figures for motor vehicle sales in October will be released today. The consensus estimate is that 8.8 million autos were sold last month, which would be an increase of 200,000 from September.
The Mortgage Bankers’ Association purchase index was released at 7:00 AM EDT, and there was a week to week increase of 1.4% in the Purchase Index and a week to week decrease of 6.4% in the Refinance Index as interest rates remain near record lows.
The Challenger Job-Cut Report was released at 7:30 AM EDT, and it showed that there were 37,986 layoffs in October, which is about 800 more than the number of layoffs that were reported in September.
At 8:15 AM EDT, the 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 EDT, the ISM non-manufacturing index for October will be released. The consensus estimate is that it increased 0.8 points last month to a value of 54.0, and will continue to signal economic growth as it remains above the mid-point of 50.
Also at 10:00 AM EDT, the Factory Orders report for September will be released. The consensus is for an increase of 1.8% in orders.
At 10:30 AM EDT, the weekly Energy Information Administration Petroleum Status Report will be released, giving investors an update on oil inventories in the United States.
At 2:15 PM EDT, the FOMC Meeting Announcement will be made, which will provide insight into how long the Federal Reserve plans to keep rates at 0%. It is assumed that there will be no immediate change in the Fed funds target rate, but any hint that rates could rise in the future could have an impact on the bond market and stock market.
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By B.P.T., on September 21st, 2010
At 7:45 AM EDT, 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 8:30 AM EDT, the Housing Starts report for August will be released. The consensus is that construction on 550,000 new homes were started last month, which would be a slight increase from July.
At 8:55 AM EDT, the weekly Redbook report will be released, giving us more information about consumer spending.
At 2:15 PM EDT, the FOMC Meeting Announcement will be made, which will provide insight into how long the Federal Reserve plans to keep rates at 0%. It is assumed that there will be no immediate change in the Fed funds target rate, but any hint that rates could rise in the future could have an impact on the bond market and stock market.
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By B.P.T., on August 10th, 2010
At 7:45 AM EDT, 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 8:30 AM EDT, the Productivity and Costs report for the second quarter of 2010 will be released. The consensus is that non-farm productivity was unchanged in the last quarter and labor unit costs increased 1.5%.
At 8:55 AM EDT, the weekly Redbook report will be released, giving us more information about consumer spending.
At 10:00 AM EDT, the Wholesale Trade report will be released for June, showing inventory levels for wholesalers in the United States.
At 2:15 PM EDT, the FOMC Meeting Announcement will be made, which will provide insight into how long the Federal Reserve plans to keep rates at 0%. It is assumed that there will be no immediate change in the Fed funds target rate, but any hint that rates could rise in the future could have an impact on the bond market and stock market.
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By B.P.T., on June 23rd, 2010
The Mortgage Bankers’ purchase index was released at 7:00 AM EDT, and there was a week to week decrease of 5.9% last week as the housing market continues to show weakness since the second financial stimulus program for home sales came to a close at the end of April.
At 10:00 AM EDT, the New Home Sales report for May will be released. The consensus is that 400,000 new homes were sold last month, which would be a decrease of over 20% from April, but was expected as the housing tax credit expired at the end of April.
At 10:30 AM EDT, the weekly Energy Information Administration Petroleum Status Report will be released, giving investors an update on oil inventories in the United States.
At 2:15 PM EDT, the FOMC Meeting Announcement will be made, which will provide insight into how long the Federal Reserve plans to keep rates at 0%. It is assumed that there will be no immediate change in the Fed funds target rate, but any hint that rates could rise in the future could have an impact on the bond market and stock market.
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