Consumer Price Index and Retail Sales on Tap -- Data Week Ahead
August 11 2020 - 10:29AM
Dow Jones News
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 Monday afternoon.
DATE TIME RELEASE PERIOD CONSENSUS PREVIOUS
(ET)
Wednesday 0830 Consumer Price Index M/M Jul +0.3% (17) +0.6%
-- ex food & energy M/M Jul +0.2% (17) +0.2%
0830 Consumer Price Index Y/Y Jul +0.8% (12) +0.6%
-- ex food & energy Y/Y Jul +1.2% (11) +1.2%
1400 Monthly Federal Budget Jul -$82.5 (4) -$120B*
Thursday 0830 Jobless Claims Aug 8 1100K (13) 1186K
0830 Import Prices Jul +0.6% (10) +1.4%
Friday 0830 Retail Sales Jul +2.3% (17) +7.5%
-- ex autos Jul +1.2% (14) +7.3%
0830 Productivity (Prelim) 2Q +4.4% (12) -0.9%**
0830 Unit Labor Costs (Prelim) 2Q +6.6% (12) +5.1%**
0915 Industrial Production Jul +2.8% (17) +5.4%
0915 Capacity Utilization Jul 70.2% (15) 68.6%
1000 Business Inventories Jun -1.2% (12) -2.3%
1000 Consumer Sentiment Aug 71.0 (15) 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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