The following are forecasts for this week's remaining U.S. data from a survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal.

Forecasts were last updated on Monday afternoon.

The FOMC meeting statement is scheduled for release Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. ET, followed by a press conference with Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen at 2:30 p.m. ET.

 
DATE      TIME  RELEASE                    PERIOD     CONSENSUS    PREVIOUS 
          (ET) 
Thursday  0830  Jobless Claims              Dec 9     235K   (17)   236K 
          0830  Retail Sales                Nov      +0.3%   (23)  +0.2% 
                  -- ex autos               Nov      +0.7%   (22)  +0.1% 
          0830  Import Prices               Nov      +0.7%   (12)  +0.2% 
          0945  Markit Flash Mfg PMI        Dec       53.8   (4)    53.9* 
          0945  Markit Flash Services PMI   Dec       54.4   (3)    54.5* 
          1000  Business Inventories        Oct      -0.1%   (14)  +0.0% 
Friday    0830  NY Empire St Mfg Svy        Dec       18.0   (13)   19.4 
          0915  Industrial Production       Nov      +0.3%   (21)  +0.9% 
          0915  Capacity Utilization        Nov       77.2%  (17)   77.0% 
 
*End-Nov Reading 
 
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.) 
 

Write to Donna Huneke at dataweekahead@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

December 13, 2017 10:14 ET (15:14 GMT)

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