By B.P.T., on December 21st, 2012
At 8:30 AM Eastern time, the Durable Goods Orders report for November will be released. The consensus is that there was an increase of 0.5% from the previous month.
Also at 8:30 AM Eastern time, the Chicago Fed National Activity Index for November will be released, providing an update on economic activity and inflationary pressure in the United States.
Also at 8:30 AM Eastern time, the monthly Personal Income and Outlays report for November will be released. The consensus for Personal Income is an increase of 0.3% over the previous month and the consensus Consumer Spending index change is an increase of 0.4%.
At 9:55 AM Eastern time, Consumer Sentiment for the second half of December will be announced. The consensus is that the index will be at 75.0, which is 0.5 points higher than the value reported in the first half of the month.
At 11:00 AM Eastern time, the Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index for December will be released. The consensus is that the index will be at -2, which would be an increase of 3 points from the previous month.
By B.P.T., on November 30th, 2012
At 8:30 AM Eastern time, the monthly Personal Income and Outlays report for October will be released. The consensus for Personal Income is anincrease of 0.3% over the previous month and the consensus Consumer Spending index change is an increase of 0.1%.
At 9:45 AM Eastern time, the Chicago PMI Index for November will be announced. The consensus index value is 50.3, which is 0.4 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 August will be released, giving investors and economists an indication of the direction of food prices in the coming months.
By B.P.T., on October 29th, 2012
At 8:30 AM Eastern time, the monthly Personal Income and Outlays report for September 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 0.6%.
At 10:30 AM Eastern time, the Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index for October will be released. The consensus is that the index will be at 2, which would be an increase of 2.9 points from the previous month.
By B.P.T., on September 28th, 2012
Also at 8:30 AM Eastern time, the monthly Personal Income and Outlays report for August will be released. The consensus for Personal Income is an increase of 0.2% over the previous month and the consensus Consumer Spending index change is an increase of 0.5%.
At 9:45 AM Eastern time, the Chicago PMI Index for September will be announced. The consensus index value is 53.0, which is the same as last month, and is still above the break-even level at 50.
At 9:55 AM Eastern time, Consumer Sentiment for the second half of September will be announced. The consensus is that the index will be at 79.0 , which is 0.2 points lower than the value reported in the first half of the month.
By B.P.T., on August 30th, 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.
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 2,000 less than the previous week.
Also at 8:30 AM Eastern time, the monthly Personal Income and Outlays report for July will be released. The consensus for Personal Income is an increase of 0.3% over the previous month and the consensus Consumer Spending index change is an increase of 0.4%.
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 11:00 AM Eastern time, the Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index for August will be released. The consensus is that the index will be at 5, which would be the same as the previous month.
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 July 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 8:30 AM Eastern time, the Employment Cost Index for the second quarter of 2012 will be announced. The consensus is an increase of 0.5%.
Also at 8:30 AM Eastern time, the monthly Personal Income and Outlays report for June 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%.
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 July will be announced. The consensus index value is 52.5, which is 0.4 points lower than last month, but is still above the break-even level at 50.
At 10:00 AM Eastern time, the monthly report on Consumer Confidence for July will be released. The consensus index level is 61.5, which would be a 0.5 point decrease 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 July will be released, giving investors and economists an indication of the direction of food prices in the coming months.
By B.P.T., on June 29th, 2012
At 8:30 AM Eastern time, the monthly Personal Income and Outlays report for May will be released. The consensus for Personal Income is an increase of 0.3% over the previous month and the consensus Consumer Spending index change is 0.0%.
At 9:45 AM Eastern time, the Chicago PMI Index for June will be announced. The consensus index value is 53.1, which is 0.4 points higher than last month, and is still above the break-even level at 50.
At 9:55 AM Eastern time, Consumer Sentiment for the second half of June will be announced. The consensus is that the index will be at 74.1, which is the same as the value reported in the first half of the month.
By B.P.T., on June 1st, 2012
The figures for motor vehicle sales for November will be released today. The consensus estimate is that 14.5 million autos were sold last month, which would be 100,000 more than the previous month.
The Monster Employment Index for May was released today, and the index moved up 1 point from last month to a value of 147, but is 3% higher than last May’s value.
At 8:30 AM EDT, the Employment Situation report for May will be announced, and the consensus for non-farm payrolls is an increase of 150,000 jobs compared to 115,000 in the previous month, the consensus for the unemployment rate is that it will remain at 8.1%, the consensus average hourly earnings rate is expected to increase 0.2%, and the consensus for the average workweek is 34.5 hours.
Also at 8:30 AM Eastern time, the monthly Personal Income and Outlays report for April will be released. The consensus for Personal Income is an increase of 0.3% over the previous month and the consensus Consumer Spending index change is an increase of 0.3%.
At 10:00 AM Eastern time, the Construction Spending report for April will be released, and the consensus is that there was an increase of 0.4% in spending compared to the previous month.
Also at 10:00 AM Eastern time, the ISM manufacturing index for April will be released. The consensus estimate is that it decreased 0.8 points last month to a value of 54.0, but will still signal economic growth as it stays above the mid-point of 50.
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By B.P.T., on April 30th, 2012
At 8:30 AM Eastern time, the monthly Personal Income and Outlays report for March will be released. The consensus for Personal Income is an increase of 0.3% over the previous month and the consensus Consumer Spending index change is an increase of 0.4%.
At 9:45 AM Eastern time, the Chicago PMI Index for April will be announced. The consensus index value is 60.8, which is 1.2 points lower than last month, but is still above the break-even level at 50.
At 10:30 AM Eastern time, the Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index for April will be released.
At 3:00 PM Eastern time, the Farm Prices report for April will be released, giving investors and economists an indication of the direction of food prices in the coming months.
By B.P.T., on March 30th, 2012
At 8:30 AM Eastern time, the monthly Personal Income and Outlays report for February 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 0.6%.
At 9:45 AM Eastern time, the Chicago PMI Index for March will be announced. The consensus index value is 63.0, which is 1 point lower than last month, but is still above the break-even level at 50.
At 9:55 AM Eastern time, Consumer Sentiment for the second half of March will be announced. The consensus is that the index will be at 75.0, which is 0.7 points higher than the value reported in the first half of the month.
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