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

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

Forecasts were last updated on Monday afternoon.

 
DATE      TIME  RELEASE                    PERIOD     CONSENSUS    PREVIOUS 
          (ET) 
Thursday  0830  Jobless Claims              Mar 17    225K   (14)   226K 
          0945  Markit Flash Mfg PMI        Mar       N/A           55.3* 
          0945  Markit Flash Services PMI   Mar       N/A           55.9* 
          1000  Leading Index               Feb      +0.6%   (11)  +1.0% 
          1100  Kansas City Fed Mfg Svy     Mar       N/A           21 
                  Composite Index 
Friday    0830  Durable Goods Orders        Feb      +1.5%   (19)  -3.6%** 
          1000  New Home Sales              Feb       620K   (19)   593K 
                  -- percent change         Feb      +4.6%         -7.8% 
 
*End-Feb Reading 
**Revised Figure 
 
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.) 
 

Write to Donna Huneke at dataweekahead@wsj.com

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March 21, 2018 10:14 ET (14:14 GMT)