Retail Sales on Tap -- Data Week Ahead
August 13 2020 - 10:29AM
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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)
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)
*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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