By B.P.T., on January 16th, 2013
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 8:30 AM Eastern time, the Consumer Price Index report for December will be released. The consensus is that CPI was unchanged last month, and there was a 0.1% increase in CPI when food and energy are removed.
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 0.2% in production and an increase 0f 0.4% 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.
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.
At 2:00 PM Eastern time, the Beige Book report will be released, giving us more information about economic conditions in each Federal Reserve district in advance of the next Fed meeting.
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By B.P.T., on January 9th, 2013
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.
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By B.P.T., on December 19th, 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 8:30 AM Eastern time, the Housing Starts report for November will be released. The consensus is that construction on 865,000 new homes were started last month, which would be a decrease of 29,000 from the previous month.
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.
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By B.P.T., on December 12th, 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 8:30 AM Eastern time, the Import and Export Prices index for October will be released, providing some data that can be used to monitor the threat of inflation.
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.
At 12:30 PM Eastern time, the FOMC Meeting Announcement will be released, which will provide insight into how the Federal Reserve board governors and bank presidents view the economy.
At 2:00 PM Eastern time, the Treasury budget for November will be released, providing an account of the federal government’s budget surplus or deficit for that month.
At 2:15 AM Eastern time, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will hold a press conference to discuss the FOMC Meeting Announcement.
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By B.P.T., on December 5th, 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 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 8:30 AM Eastern time, the Productivity and Costs report for the third quarter of 2012 will be released. The consensus is that non-farm productivity increased by 2.6% in the last quarter and labor unit costs decreased 2.3%.
At 10:00 AM Eastern time, the Factory Orders report for October will be released. The consensus is that there was a decrease of 0.1% in orders from the previous month.
Also at 10:00 AM Eastern time, the ISM non-manufacturing index for October will be released. The consensus estimate is that it increased by 0.5 points to a value of 53.5, and will continue to signal economic growth as it remains 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.
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By B.P.T., on November 28th, 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 10:00 AM Eastern time, the New Home Sales report for October will be released. The consensus is that 387,000 new homes were sold last month, which would be 2,000 less than the prior month.
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.
At 2:00 PM Eastern time, the Beige Book report will be released, giving us more information about economic conditions in each Federal Reserve district in advance of the next Fed meeting.
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By B.P.T., on November 14th, 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 8:30 AM Eastern time, the Producer Price Index for October will be released. The consensus is that the index increased 0.2% last month, and was increased 0.2% when food and energy are excluded.
Also at 8:30 AM Eastern time, the Retail Sales report for October will be released. The consensus is that retail sales were 0.1% lower last month, after an increase of 1.1% in the previous month.
At 10:00 AM Eastern time, the Business Inventories report for September will be released. The consensus is that inventories increased 0.4% from the previous month.
At 2:00 PM Eastern time, 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 31st, 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 8:30 AM Eastern time, the Employment Cost Index for the third quarter of 2012 will be announced. The consensus is an increase of 0.5%.
At 9:45 AM Eastern time, the Chicago PMI Index for October will be announced. The consensus index value is 51.0, which is 1.3 points higher than last month, and is still above the break-even level at 50.
At 3:00 PM Eastern time, 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.
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By B.P.T., on October 24th, 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 10:00 AM Eastern time, the New Home Sales report for September will be released. The consensus is that 285,000 new homes were sold last month, which would be 12,000 more than the prior month.
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.
At 2:15 PM Eastern time, the FOMC Meeting Announcement will be made, which will provide insight into how long the Federal Reserve plans to keep their rates target at 0% to 0.25%. 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 October 17th, 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 8:30 AM Eastern time, the Housing Starts report for January will be released. The consensus is that construction on 765,000 new homes were started last month, which would be an increase of 15,000 from the previous month.
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.
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