Consumer Price Index and Retail Sales on Tap -- Data Week Ahead
August 07 2020 - 02:37PM
Dow Jones News
The following are forecasts for next week's U.S. data from a
survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal.
DATE TIME RELEASE PERIOD CONSENSUS PREVIOUS
(ET)
Monday 1000 Job Openings Jun N/A 5.4M
& Labor Turnover
Tuesday 0600 Small Business Svy Jul 97.3 (4) 100.6
0830 Producer Price Index Jul +0.3% (10) -0.2%
-- ex food & energy Jul +0.1% (9) -0.3%
-- ex food, energy, trade Jul +0.2% (3) +0.3%
Wednesday 0830 Consumer Price Index M/M Jul +0.3% (11) +0.6%
-- ex food & energy M/M Jul +0.2% (11) +0.2%
0830 Consumer Price Index Y/Y Jul +0.8% (7) +0.6%
-- ex food & energy Y/Y Jul +1.2% (6) +1.2%
1400 Monthly Federal Budget Jul N/A -$120B*
Thursday 0830 Jobless Claims Aug 8 1100K (5) 1186K
0830 Import Prices Jul +0.5% (5) +1.4%
Friday 0830 Retail Sales Jul +2.2% (10) +7.5%
-- ex autos Jul +1.3% (9) +7.3%
0830 Productivity (Prelim) 2Q +4.9% (6) -0.9%**
0830 Unit Labor Costs (Prelim) 2Q +5.3% (6) +5.1%**
0915 Industrial Production Jul +2.8% (9) +5.4%
0915 Capacity Utilization Jul 70.2% (9) 68.6%
1000 Business Inventories Jun -1.3% (6) -2.3%
1000 Consumer Sentiment Aug 70.0 (7) 72.5***
(Prelim)
*July 2019 Reading
**1Q Final Reading
***End-July Reading
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.)
Write to Donna Huneke at dataweekahead@wsj.com
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