Economic Calendar

Time Event Actual Forecast Prior
Monday, Apr 08
10:00 Mar Employment Trends 110.98 111.2
Wednesday, Apr 10
8:30 Mar Core CPI (Annual) (%) 2.0 2.1 2.1
8:30 Mar Consumer Price Index (CPI) (%) 0.4 0.3 0.2
14:00 Mar Federal budget, $ (bl) -147.00 -180.00 -234.00
Thursday, Apr 11
8:30 Mar Core Producer Prices YY (%) 2.4 2.4 2.5
8:30 Mar Producer Prices (%) 0.6 0.3 0.1
8:30 Mar Core Producer Prices MM (%) 0.3 0.2 0.1
Friday, Apr 12
8:30 Mar Import prices mm (%) 0.6 0.4 0.6
8:30 Mar Export prices mm (%) 0.7 0.2 0.6
10:00 Apr 1yr Inflation Outlook (%) 2.4 2.5
10:00 Apr 5yr Inflation Outlook (%) 2.3 2.5
10:00 Apr Consumer Sentiment 96.9 98.0 98.4
Monday, Apr 15
8:30 Apr NY Fed Manufacturing 10.1 6.70 3.70
Tuesday, Apr 16
9:15 Mar Capacity Utilization (%) 78.8 79.1 78.2
9:15 Mar Industrial Production (%) -0.1 0.2 0.1
10:00 Apr NAHB housing market indx 63 63 62
Wednesday, Apr 17
7:00 w/e MBA Purchase Index 280.7 278.1
7:00 w/e Mortgage Refinance Index 1453.0 1582.6
7:00 w/e Mortgage Market Index 459.0 475.6
7:00 w/e MBA 30-yr mortgage rate (%) 4.44 4.40
8:30 Feb International trade mm $ (bl) -49.4 -53.5 -51.1
10:00 Feb Wholesale sales mm (%) +0.3 0.3 0.5
10:00 Feb Wholesale inventories mm (%) 0.2 0.5
10:30 w/e Crude Oil Inventory (ml) -1.396 1.711 7.029
Thursday, Apr 18
8:30 Apr Philly Fed Business Index 8.5 10.4 13.7
8:30 Mar Retail Sales (%) 1.6 0.9 -0.2
8:30 w/e Jobless Claims (k) 192 205 196
8:30 w/e Continued jobless claims (ml) 1.653 1.720 1.713
10:00 Mar Leading index chg mm (%) 0.4 0.4 0.2
10:00 Feb Business Inventories (% ) +0.3 0.4 0.8
11:30 5-Yr Note Auction (bl) 17
Friday, Apr 19
8:30 Mar Building permits: number (ml) 1.269 1.300 1.291
8:30 Mar Build permits: change mm (%) -1.7 -2.0
8:30 Mar Housing starts number mm (ml) 1.139 1.230 1.162
8:30 Mar House starts mm: change (%) -0.3 -8.7
Time Event Actual Forecast Prior
Monday, Apr 22
10:00 Mar Existing home sales (ml) 5.21 5.30 5.51
10:00 Mar Exist. home sales % chg (%) -4.9 -3.8 11.8
Tuesday, Apr 23
9:00 Feb Monthly Home Price yy (%) 4.9 5.6
9:00 Feb Monthly Home Price mm (%) 0.3 0.6
10:00 Mar New home sales-units mm (ml) 0.692 0.650 0.667
10:00 Mar New home sales chg mm (%) 4.5 -2.5 4.9
13:00 7-Yr Note Auction (bl) 40
Wednesday, Apr 24
7:00 w/e MBA 30-yr mortgage rate (%) 4.46 4.44
7:00 w/e Mortgage Refinance Index 1293.0 1453.0
7:00 w/e MBA Purchase Index 269.3 280.7
7:00 w/e Mortgage Market Index 425.6 459.0
10:30 w/e Crude Oil Inventory (ml) 1.255 -1.396
Thursday, Apr 25
8:30 Mar Nondefense ex-air (%) 0.1 -0.1
8:30 Mar Durable goods (%) 0.8 -1.6
8:30 w/e Continued jobless claims (ml) 1.699 1.653
8:30 w/e Jobless Claims (k) 200 192
Friday, Apr 26
8:30 Q1 GDP Advance (%) 2.1 2.2
10:00 Apr Consumer Inflation Expectations (1yr) (%) 2.4
10:00 Apr Consumer Sentiment (ip) 97.0 96.9
10:00 Apr Consumer Inflation Expectations (5yr) (%) 2.3
Time Event Actual Forecast Prior
Monday, Apr 29
8:30 Mar PCE (y/y) (%) 1.4
8:30 Mar Core PCE (m/m) (%) 0.1 0.1
8:30 Mar Consumer Spending (Consumption) (%) 0.6 0.1
8:30 Mar Core PCE Inflation (y/y) (%) 1.7 1.8
8:30 Mar Personal Income (%) 0.4 0.2
Tuesday, Apr 30
8:30 Q1 Employment costs (%) 0.8 0.7
8:30 Q1 Employment Wages qq (%) 0.6
8:30 Q1 Employment Benefits qq (%) 0.7
9:00 Feb CaseShiller 20 yy (% ) 4.0 3.6
9:00 Feb CaseShiller 20 mm SA (%) 0.3 0.1
9:45 Apr Chicago PMI 59.3 58.7
10:00 Mar Pending Sales Index 101.9
10:00 Apr Consumer confidence 126.0 124.1
10:00 Mar Pending Home Sales (%) 0.7 -1.0
Wednesday, May 01
8:15 Apr ADP National Employment (k) 175 129
10:00 Apr ISM Mfg Prices Paid 50.1 54.3
10:00 Apr ISM Manufacturing PMI 55.0 55.3
10:00 Mar Construction spending (%) 0.3 1.0
14:00 N/A FOMC rate decision (%) 2.375 2.375
Thursday, May 02
7:30 Apr Challenger layoffs (k) 60.587
8:30 Q4 Labor Costs Preliminary (%) 2.3 0.9
8:30 Q4 Productivity Preliminary (%) 1.2 2.2
9:45 Apr ISM-New York index 869.1
10:00 Mar Factory ex-transp mm (% ) 0.3
10:00 Mar Durable goods, R mm (%) -1.6
10:00 Mar Durables ex-transpt R mm (%) 0.1
10:00 Mar Nondef cap ex-air R mm (%) -0.1
10:00 Mar Durables ex-def, R mm (%) -1.9
10:00 Mar Factory orders mm (%) 0.7 -0.5
Friday, May 03
8:30 Apr Manufacturing payrolls (k) 10 -6
8:30 Apr Private Payrolls (k) 180 182
8:30 Apr Average workweek hrs (hr) 34.5 34.5
8:30 Apr Non-farm payrolls (k) 180 196
8:30 Apr Unemployment rate mm (%) 3.8 3.8
8:30 Apr Average earnings mm (%) 0.3 0.1
10:00 Apr ISM N-Mfg Bus Act 61.5 57.4
10:00 Apr ISM N-Mfg PMI 57.2 56.1

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