Economic Events on January 18, 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 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 8:30 AM Eastern time, the Producer Price Index for December will be released.  The consensus is that the index was unchanged last month, and increased 0.1% when food and energy are excluded.

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 Treasury International Capital report for November will be released, showing the flow of capital in and out of the United States economy.

At 9:15 AM Eastern time, the Industrial Production report for December will be released. The consensus is that there will be an increase 0f 0.5% in production and an increase 0f 0.5% in industrial capacity utilization.

At 10:00 AM Eastern time, the Housing Market Index for January will be announced.  This index is created from a survey of home builders, so it shows the confidence that the sector has in the overall economy and their business.

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Economic Events on October 17, 2011

At 8:30 AM EDT, the Empire State manufacturing index for October will be released. The consensus is that the index value will be -3.25, which would be 5.57 points higher than the value reported in the previous month.

At 9:15 AM EDT, the Industrial Production report for September will be released. The consensus is that there will be an increase 0f 0.2% in production and an increase 0f 0.1% in industrial capacity utilization.

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Economic Events on August 16, 2011

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 July will be released.  The consensus is that construction on 600,000 new homes were started last month, which would be a decrease of 29,000 from the previous month.

Also at 8:30 AM EDT, the Import and Export Prices index for July will be released, providing some data that can be used to monitor the threat of inflation.

At 8:55 AM EDT, the weekly Redbook report will be released, giving us more information about consumer spending.

At 9:15 AM EDT, the Industrial Production report for July 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.

Economic Events on July 15, 2011

At 8:30 AM EDT, the Consumer Price Index report for June will be released.  The consensus is that CPI decreased by 0.2% last month, and there was a 0.2% increase in CPI when food and energy are removed.

At 8:30 AM EDT, the Empire State manufacturing index for July will be released.  The consensus is that the index value will be 8.0, which would be 15.8 points higher than the value reported in June.

At 9:15 AM EDT, the Industrial Production report for June will be released.  The consensus is that there will be an increase 0f 0.4% in production and an increase of 0.2% in industrial capacity utilization.

At 9:55 AM EDT, Consumer Sentiment for the first half of July will be announced.  The consensus is that the index will be at 71.0, which would be a decrease of 0.5 points from the level reported in the second half of last month.

Interesting Readings for June 15, 2011

The Mortgage Bankers’ Association purchase index was released at 7:00 AM EDT, and there was a week to week increase of 4.5% in the Purchase Index and a week to week increase of 16.5% in the Refinance Index.

At 8:30 AM EDT, the Consumer Price Index report for May will be released.  The consensus is that CPI did not change last month, and there was a 0.2% increase in CPI when food and energy are removed.

At 8:30 AM EDT, the Empire State manufacturing index for June will be released.  The consensus is that the index value will be 14.0 which would be 2.12 points higher than the value reported in May.

At 9:00 AM EDT, the Treasury International Capital report for April will be released, showing the flow of capital in and out of the United States economy.

At 9:15 AM EDT, the Industrial Production report for May will be released.  The consensus is that there will be an increase 0f 0.2% in production and an increase of 0.1% in industrial capacity utilization.

At 10:00 AM EDT, the Housing Market Index for June will be announced.  This index is created from a survey of home builders, so it shows the confidence that the sector has in the overall economy and their business.

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.

Economic Events on May 17, 2011

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 April will be released.  The consensus is that construction on 570,000 new homes were started last month, which would be an increase of 21,000 from the previous month.

At 8:55 AM EDT, the weekly Redbook report will be released, giving us more information about consumer spending.

At 9:15 AM EDT, the Industrial Production report for April will be released.  The consensus is that there will be an increase 0f 0.4% in production and an increase of 0.6% in industrial capacity utilization.

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Economic Events on April 15, 2011

At 8:30 AM EDT, the Empire State manufacturing index for April will be released.  The consensus is that the index value will be 17.5, which would be the same value as reported in March.

Also at 8:30 AM EDT, the Consumer Price Index report for March will be released.  The consensus is that CPI increased by 0.5% last month, with a 0.2% increase in CPI when food and energy are removed.

At 9:00 AM EDT, the Treasury International Capital report for February will be released, showing the flow of capital in and out of the United States economy.

At 9:15 AM EDT, the Industrial Production report for March will be released.  The consensus is that there will be an increase 0f 0.6% in production and an increase of 1.0% in industrial capacity utilization.

At 9:55 AM EDT, Consumer Sentiment for the first half of April will be announced.  The consensus is that the index will be at 69.0, which would be an increase of 1.5 points from the level reported in the second half of last month.

Economic Events on March 17, 2011

At 8:30 AM EDT, the U.S. government will release its weekly Jobless Claims report.  The consensus is that there were 385,000 new jobless claims last week, which would would be 12,000 less than the number released last week.

Also at 8:30 AM EDT, the Consumer Price Index report for February will be released.  The consensus is that CPI increased by 0.4% last month, with a 0.1% increase in CPI when food and energy are removed.

At 9:15 AM EDT, the Industrial Production report for February will be released.  The consensus is that there will be an increase 0f 0.6% in production and an increase of 0.4% in industrial capacity utilization.

At 10:00 AM EDT, the Leading Indicators report for February will be released.  The consensus is that this index increased by 1.0% last month, which would be the seventh month of improvement in a row.

Also at 10:00 AM EDT, the Philadelphia Fed Survey report for March will be released.  The consensus is that the index will be at 32, which would be an decrease of 3.9 points 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.