The following are forecasts for next week's 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.

 
DATE      TIME  RELEASE                    PERIOD     CONSENSUS    PREVIOUS 
          (ET) 
Monday    0830  NY Empire St Mfg Svy        Dec       21.0   (6)    23.3 
          1000  Housing Mkt Index           Dec       61     (8)    60 
Tuesday   0830  Housing Starts              Nov       1.23M  (14)   1.228M 
                  -- percent change         Nov      +0.2%         +1.5% 
          0830  Building Permits            Nov       1.26M  (7)    1.263M 
                  -- percent change         Nov      -0.2%         -0.6% 
Wednesday 0830  Current Account Balance     3Q      -$126.3B (5)  -$101.46B 
          1000  Existing Home Sales         Nov       5.20M  (12)   5.22M 
                  -- percent change         Nov      -0.4%         +1.4% 
Thursday  0830  Jobless Claims              Dec 15    215K   (7)    206K 
          0830  Phila Fed Mfg Svy           Dec       14.5   (6)    12.9 
          1000  Leading Index               Nov      +0.0%   (8)   +0.1% 
Friday    0830  Durable Goods               Nov      +1.5%   (12)  -4.3%* 
          0830  Real GDP (3rd Reading)      3Q       +3.5%   (13)  +3.5%** 
          0830  GDP Prices (3rd Reading)    3Q       +1.7%   (7)   +1.7%** 
          1000  Personal Income             Nov      +0.3%   (13)  +0.5% 
          1000  Consumer Spending           Nov      +0.3%   (11)  +0.6% 
          1000  Core PCE Prices M/M         Nov      +0.2%   (11)  +0.1% 
          1000  Core PCE Prices Y/Y         Nov      +1.9%   (8)   +1.8% 
          1000  Consumer Sentiment          Dec       97.0   (7)    97.5*** 
                  (Final) 
          1100  Kansas City Fed Mfg Svy     Dec       N/A           15 
                  Composite Index 
 
*Revised Figure 
**3Q 2nd Reading 
***Dec Prelim Reading 
 
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.) 
 

Write to Donna Huneke at dataweekahead@wsj.com

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December 14, 2018 14:13 ET (19:13 GMT)