By B.P.T., on February 16th, 2011
The Mortgage Bankers’ Association purchase index was released at 7:00 AM EST, and there was a week to week decrease of 5.9% in the Purchase Index and a week to week decrease of 11.4% in the Refinance Index.
At 8:30 AM EST, the Housing Starts report for January will be released. The consensus is that construction on 540,000 new homes were started last month, which would be an increase of 11,000 from the previous month.
Also at 8:30 AM EDT, the Producer Price Index for January will be released. The consensus is that the index increased 0.7% over last month, and increased 0.2% when food and energy are excluded.
At 9:15 AM EST, the Industrial Production report for January will be released. The consensus is that there will be an increase 0f 0.5% in production and an increase of 0.3% in industrial capacity utilization.
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 2:00 PM EST, the FOMC Meeting Minutes will be released, which will provide insight into how the Federal Reserve board governors and bank presidents view the economy.
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By B.P.T., on January 4th, 2011
The figures for motor vehicle sales in December will be released today. The consensus estimate is that 9.2 million domestic autos were sold last month, which would be an increase of 100,000 from November.
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 10:00 AM EST, the Factory Orders report for November will be released. The consensus is that there was no change in orders.
At 2:15 PM EST, the FOMC Meeting Minutes will be released, which will provide insight into how the Federal Reserve board governors and bank presidents view the economy.
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By B.P.T., on November 23rd, 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 EST, the preliminary GDP report for the third quarter of 2010 will be announced. The consensus is an increase of 2.4% in real GDP and an increase of 2.3% in the GDP price index. The real GDP estimate is 0.4% higher than the advance estimate for this quarter from last month, and the GDP price index estimate remained the same.
Also at 8:30 AM EST, the Corporate Profits report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis will be released.
At 8:55 AM EST, the weekly Redbook report will be released, giving us more information about consumer spending.
At 10:00 AM EST, the Existing Home Sales report for October will be released. The consensus is that existing homes were sold at an annual rate of 4.5 million last month, which would be a slight decrease from September, but shows continued improvement after the end of the incentives included in the economic stimulus package.
At 2:15 PM EST, the FOMC Meeting Minutes will be released, which will provide insight into how the Federal Reserve board governors and bank presidents view the economy.
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By B.P.T., on October 12th, 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 8:55 AM EDT, the weekly Redbook report will be released, giving us more information about consumer spending.
At 2:15 PM EDT, the FOMC Meeting Minutes will be released, which will provide insight into how the Federal Reserve board governors and bank presidents view the economy.
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By B.P.T., on August 31st, 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 8:55 AM EDT, the weekly Redbook report will be released, giving us more information about consumer spending.
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 August will be announced. The consensus index value is 56, which is 6.3 points lower than June, but is still well above the break-even level at 50.
At 10:00 AM EDT, the monthly report on Consumer Confidence for August will be released. The consensus index level is 50.3, which would be a 0.6 point increase over July.
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 2:00 PM EDT, the Federal Open Market Committee will release its minutes for the meeting held on August 10, 2010. This report contains quarterly economic forecasts from the Federal Reserve and policy changes that were discussed.
At 3:00 PM EDT, the Farm Prices report for August will be released, giving investors and economists an indication of the direction of food prices in the coming months.
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