FORECASTER OF THE MONTH
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ECONOMIC
PREVIEW
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ECONOMIC REPORTS
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CAPITOL REPORT
| THIS WEEK'S MAJOR U.S. ECONOMIC REPORTS |
| time (et) |
report |
period |
ACTUAL |
MEDIAN
forecast |
previous |
| MONDAY, OCT. 16 |
| 8:30 am |
Empire state index
|
Oct. |
30.2 |
-- |
24.4 |
| TUESDAY, OCT. 17 |
| 8:30 am |
Import price index |
Sept. |
|
-- |
0.6% |
| 9:15 am |
Industrial production |
Sept. |
|
0.3% |
-0.9% |
| 9:15 am |
Capacity utlilization |
Sept. |
|
76.3% |
76.1% |
| 10 am |
Home builders' index |
Oct. |
|
-- |
64 |
| WEDNESDAY, OCT. 18 |
| 8:30 am |
Housing starts |
Sept. |
|
1.170mln |
1.180mln |
| 8:30 am |
Building permits |
Sept. |
|
-- |
1.272mln |
| 2 pm |
Beige book |
|
|
|
|
| THURSDAY, OCT. 19 |
| 8:30 am |
Weekly jobless claims |
10/14 |
|
240,000 |
243,000 |
| 8:30 am |
Philly Fed |
Oct. |
|
-- |
23.8 |
| 10 am |
Leading economic indicators |
Sept. |
|
-- |
0.4% |
| FRIDAY, OCT. 20 |
| 10 am |
Existing home sales |
Sept. |
|
5.30 mln |
5.35 mln |
| |
| next WEEK'S MAJOR U.S. ECONOMIC reports |
| time (et) |
report |
period |
ACTUAL |
forecast |
previous |
| MONDAY, OCT. 23 |
| 8:30 am |
Chicago Fed national activity |
Sept. |
|
|
-0.31 |
| TUESDAY, OCT. 24 |
| 9:45 am |
Markit manufacturing PMI (flash) |
Oct. |
|
|
53.1 |
| 9:45 am |
Markit services PMI (flash) |
Oct. |
|
|
55.3 |
| WEDNESDAY, OCT. 25 |
| 8:30 am |
Durable goods orders |
Sept. |
|
|
2.0% |
| 8:30 am |
Core capex orders |
Sept. |
|
|
1.1% |
| 10 am |
New home sales |
Sept. |
|
|
560,000 |
| THURSDAY, OCT. 26 |
| 8:30 am |
Weekly jobless claims |
10/21 |
|
|
N/A |
| 8:30 am |
Advance trade in goods |
Sept. |
|
|
-$62.9bln |
| 10 am |
Pending home sales |
Sept. |
|
|
-2.6% |
| FRIDAY, OCT. 27 |
| 8:30 am |
Gross domestic product |
Q3 |
|
|
3.1% (Q2) |
| 10 am |
Consumer sentiment |
Oct. |
|
|
101.1 |
| |
| LAST WEEK'S MAJOR U.S. ECONOMIC reports |
| DATE |
report |
period |
forecast |
previous |
| Oct. 27 |
GDP |
3Q |
2.1% |
3.1% (Q2) |
| Jan. 2018 |
GDP |
4Q |
2.7% |
3.1% (Q2) |
| Jan. 2018 |
GDP |
2017 |
2.3% |
3.1% (2016) |
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calendar come from the forecasts of the 15 economists who have scored the
highest in our contest over the past 12 months, as well as the forecasts of
the
most recent winner of the Forecaster of the Month contest.
The economists in our consensus forecast: Jim O’Sullivan of High Frequency
Economics, Ryan Sweet of Moody’s Analytics, Spencer Staples of EconAlpha, Sam Coffin
at UBS, Gus Faucher at PNC Financial,
Michelle Girard's team at NatWest Markets, Paul Ashworth at Capital Economics,
Christophe Barraud at Market Securities, Douglas Porter's team at BMO Capital
Markets, Nariman Behravesh's team at IHS Markit, Brian Wesbury and Bob Stein at
First Trust, Jan Hatzius's team at Goldman Sachs, Avery Shenfeld’s team at CIBC, Michael Feroli at J.P. Morgan Chase,
Lou Crandall at Wrightson ICAP, and Pat O'Hare of Briefing.com.
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