By B.P.T., on January 12th, 2011
The Mortgage Bankers’ Association purchase index was released at 7:00 AM EST, and there was a week to week decrease of 3.7% in the Purchase Index and a week to week increase of 4.9% in the Refinance Index.
At 8:30 AM EST, Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner will give a speech to John’s Hopkins SAIS in Washington.
Also at 8:30 AM EST, the Import and Export Prices index for December will be released, providing some data that can be used to monitor the threat of inflation.
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 Treasury budget for December will be released. The consensus is a deficit of $84 billion, which is larger than the historical average, but about $7.6 billion less than last December.
Also at 2:00 PM EST, 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 October 1st, 2010
The figures for motor vehicle sales in September will be released today. The consensus estimate is that 8.6 million autos were sold last month, which would be an increase of 300,000 from August.
Ben Bernanke, Tim Geithner, Sheila Bair, Mary Schapiro and Gary Gensler will participate in the first meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council.
At 8:30 AM EDT, the monthly Personal Income and Outlays report for August will be released. The consensus for Personal Income is an increase of 0.3% over the previous month, the consensus Consumer Spending index change is an increase of 0.4% and the consensus Core PCE price index change is an increase of 0.1%.
At 9:55 AM EDT, Consumer Sentiment for the second half of September will be announced. The consensus is that the index will be at 67, which is 0.4 points higher than the value reported in the first half of the month.
At 10:00 AM EDT, the Construction Spending report for August will be released, and the consensus is that there will a decline of 0.4% in spending compared to the previous month.
Also at 10:00 AM EDT, the ISM Manufacturing Index for September will be released. The consensus is that the index value will be 54.5, which would be an decrease of 1.8 points from August, but would be the fourteenth month of expansion in a row.
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By B.P.T., on September 16th, 2010
At 8:30 AM EDT, the U.S. government will release its weekly Jobless Claims report. The consensus is that there were 455,000 new jobless claims last week, which would would be an slight increase in claims from last week’s number, which was the lowest level since July. However, some economists believe that the decline in jobless claims was caused by the holiday last week.
Also at 8:30 AM EDT, the Producer Price Index for August will be released. The consensus is that the index increased 0.3% over last month, and increased 0.1% when food and energy are excluded.
Also at 8:30 AM EDT, the Current Account for the second quarter of 2010 will be released, which will provide information about the international trade balance with the United States.
At 9:00 AM EDT, the Treasury International Capital report for July will be released, showing the flow of capital in and out of the United States economy.
At 10:00 AM EDT, the Philadelphia Fed Survey report for September will be released. The consensus is that the index will be at 3.8, which would be an increase of 11.5 points from last month’s number of -7.7, which indicated economic contraction.
Also at 10:00 AM EDT, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will testify on the foreign exchange report before the Senate Banking Committee.
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.
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By B.P.T., on August 4th, 2010
The Mortgage Bankers’ purchase index was released at 7:00 AM EDT, and there was a week to week increase of 2.0% in the Purchase Index and a week to week decrease of 5.9% in the Refinance Index as the housing market showed a slight improvement for the second week in a row from the weakness shown since the second financial stimulus program for home sales came to a close at the end of April.
The Challenger Job-Cut Report was released at 7:30 AM EDT, and it showed that there were 41,676 layoffs in July, which is about 2,000 more than the number of layoffs that were reported in June.
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 July will be released. The consensus estimate is that it decreased 0.8 points last month to a value of 53.0, but will continue to signal economic growth as it remains well above the mid-point of 50.
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 4:00 PM EDT, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will give a speech on fiscal policy and tax policy in Washington DC.
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By B.P.T., on July 1st, 2010
The figures for motor vehicle sales in June will be released today. The consensus estimate is that 8.9 million autos were sold last month, which would be the same as the number of autos sold in May.
The Monster Employment Index for June was released today, and the index moved up 7 points to a value of 141, which gives the its index its best year on year gain since September 2006.
At 8:30 AM EDT, the U.S. government will release its weekly Jobless Claims report. The consensus is that there were 450,000 new jobless claims last week, which would would be a slight improvement from last week, and falls within the range of reports in recent weeks.
At 10:00 AM EDT, the Construction Spending report will be released, and the consensus is that there will a decline of 0.5% in spending compared to the previous month, after a surprise increase of 2.4% in April.
Also at 10:00 AM EDT, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the G-20 Leaders Summit, the U.S.-China Strategic & Economic Dialogue and multilateral development banks.
Also at 10:00 AM EDT,the value of the pending home sales index for May will be announced. It is expected that the index will decrease over April because of the federal tax credit for buying a home that ended on April 30.
Also at 10:00 AM EDT, the ISM Manufacturing Index for June will be released. The consensus is that the index value will be 59.0, which would be an decrease of 0.9 points over May, but would be the eleventh positive month in a row.
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.
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By B.P.T., on June 22nd, 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 10:00 AM EDT, the Existing Home Sales report for May will be released. The consensus is that existing homes were sold at an annual rate of 6.2 million last month, which would be an increase of about 500,000 from April, but many economics are predicting a decline in sales due to the end of the incentives included in the economic stimulus package.
Also at 10:00 AM EDT, Tim Geithner will testify before the Congressional Oversight Panel on TARP in Washington DC.
Also at 10:00 AM EDT, the FHFA House Price Index for April will be released, providing more information about the direction of the housing market.
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By B.P.T., on June 10th, 2010
At 8:30 AM EDT, the U.S. government will release its weekly Jobless Claims report. The consensus is that there were 448,000 new jobless claims last week, which would would be a slight improvement from last week, and falls within the range of reports in recent weeks.
Also at 8:30 AM EDT, the International Trade report for April will be released. The consensus is a deficit of $41 billion, which would be a increase of $1.3 billion over March. The expected increase in the trade gap is being attributed to higher oil prices.
At 10:00 AM EDT, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will testify to the Senate Finance Committee about relations between the United States and China.
Also at 10:00 AM EDT, the Quarterly Services Survey will be released, showing the status of the information and technology-related service industries.
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 2:00 PM EDT, the Treasury budget for May will be released. The consensus is a deficit of $140 billion, after a deficit of $82.7 billion in April due to weaker than expected tax receipts.
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.
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