U.S. Economic Calendar
This Week's Major U.S. Economic Reports & Fed Speakers
| Time (ET) | Report | Period | Actual | Median Forecast | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MONDAY, SEPT. 4 | |||||
| Labor Day holiday | |||||
| TUESDAY, SEPT. 5 | |||||
| 10:00 am | Factory orders | July | -2.1% | -2.3% | 2.3% |
| WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 6 | |||||
| 8:30 am | Boston Fed President Susan Collins speaks | ||||
| 8:30 am | U.S. trade deficit | July | $65B | -$68.3B | -$63.7B |
| 9:45 am | S&P final U.S. services PMI | Aug. | 50.5 | 51 | 51 |
| 10:00 am | ISM services | Aug. | 54.5% | 52.5% | 52.7% |
| 2:00 pm | Fed Beige Book | ||||
| THURSDAY, SEPT. 7 | |||||
| 8:30 am | Initial jobless claims | Sept. 2 | 216,000 | 230,000 | 229,000 |
| 8:30 am | U.S. productivity (revision) | Q2 | 3.5% | 3.4% | 3.7% |
| 8:30 am | Unit-labor costs (revision) | Q2 | 2.2% | 1.9% | 1.6% |
| 9:00 am | Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker speaks | ||||
| 11:45 am | Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee speaks | ||||
| 3:30 pm | New York Fed President John Williams speaks | ||||
| 3:45 pm | Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic speaks | ||||
| 7 pm | Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic speaks | ||||
| 7:05 pm | Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan speaks | ||||
| FRIDAY, SEPT. 8 | |||||
| 10:00 am | Wholesale inventories | July | -0.1% | -0.5% | |
| 11:00 am | San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly speaks | ||||
| 3:00 pm | Consumer credit | July | $16B | $17.9B |
Next Week's Major U.S. Economic Reports & Fed Speakers
| Time (ET) | Report | Period | Actual | Median Forecast | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MONDAY, SEPT. 11 | |||||
| None scheduled | |||||
| TUESDAY, SEPT. 12 | |||||
| 6:00 am | NFIB optimism index | Aug. | 91.9 | ||
| WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13 | |||||
| 8:30 am | Consumer price index | Aug | 0.2% | ||
| 8:30 am | Core CPI | Aug. | 0.2% | ||
| 8:30 am | CPI (year-over-year) | -- | 3.2% | ||
| 8:30 am | Core CPI (year-over-year) | 4.7% | |||
| THURSDAY, SEPT. 14 | |||||
| 8:30 am | Initial jobless claims | Sept. 9 | |||
| 8:30 am | Producer price index | Aug. | 0.3% | ||
| 8:30 am | Core PPI | Aug. | 0.2% | ||
| 8:30 am | PPI (year-over-year) | -- | 0.8% | ||
| 8:30 am | Core PPI (year-over-year) | 2.7% | |||
| 8:30 am | U.S. retail sales | Aug. | 0.7% | ||
| 8:30 am | Retail sales minus autos | Aug. | 1.0% | ||
| 10:00 am | Business inventories | July | 0.0% | ||
| FRIDAY, SEPT. 15 | |||||
| 8:30 am | U.S. import prices | Aug. | 0.4% | ||
| 8:30 am | Empire State manufacturing survey | Sept. | -19 | ||
| 9:15 am | Industrial production | Aug. | 1.0% | ||
| 9:15 am | Capacity utilization | Aug. | 79.3 | ||
| 10:00 am | Consumer sentiment (prelim) | Aug. | 69.5 |
Last Week's Major U.S. Economic Reports & Fed Speakers
| Time (ET) | Report | Period | Actual | Median Forecast | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MONDAY, AUG. 28 | |||||
| None scheduled | |||||
| TUESDAY, AUG. 29 | |||||
| 8:30 am | Fed Gov. Chris Waller TV interview | ||||
| 9:00 am | S&P Case-Shiller home price index (20 cities) | June | -1.2% | -1.5% | -1.7% |
| 10:00 am | Job openings | July | 8.8 million | 9.5 million | 9.2 million |
| 10:00 am | Consumer confidence | Aug. | 106.1 | 116.0 | 114.8 |
| WEDNESDAY, AUG. 30 | |||||
| 8:15 am | ADP employment | Aug. | 177,000 | 200,000 | 371,000 |
| 8:30 am | GDP (revision) | Q2 | 2.1% | 2.4% | 2.4% |
| 8:30 am | Advanced U.S. trade balance in goods | July | -$91.2B | -- | -$88.8B |
| 8:30 am | Advanced retail inventories | July | 0.3% | -- | 0.7% |
| 8:30 am | Advanced wholesale inventories | July | -0.1% | -- | 0.5% |
| 10:00 am | Pending home sales | July | 0.9% | -0.5% | 0.3% |
| THURSDAY, AUG. 31 | |||||
| 3:15 am | Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic speaks in South Africa | ||||
| 8:30 am | Initial jobless claims | Aug. 26 | 228,000 | 235,000 | 232,000 |
| 8:30 am | Personal income (nominal) | July | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| 8:30 am | Personal spending (nominal) | July | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.6% |
| 8:30 am | PCE index | July | 0.2% | -- | 0.2% |
| 8:30 am | Core PCE index | July | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| 8:30 am | PCE (year-over-year) | 3.3% | -- | 3.0% | |
| 8:30 am | Core PCE (year-over-year) | 4.2% | 4.2% | 4.1% | |
| 9:45 am | Chicago Business Barometer | Aug. | 48.7 | 44.3 | 42.8 |
| FRIDAY, SEPT. 1 | |||||
| 8:30 am | U.S. nonfarm payrolls | Aug. | 187,000 | 170,000 | 157,000 |
| 8:30 am | U.S. unemployment rate | Aug. | 3.8% | 3.5% | 3.5% |
| 8:30 am | U.S. hourly wages | Aug. | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| 8:30 am | Hourly wages year over year | 4.3% | 4.4% | 4.4% | |
| 9:45 am | Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester speaks | ||||
| 9:45 am | S&P U.S. manufacturing PMI (final) | Aug. | 47.9 | 47.0 | 47.0 |
| 10:00 am | ISM manufacturing | Aug. | 47.6% | 46.6% | 46.4% |
| 10:00 am | Construction spending | July | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.6% |
The median forecasts in this calendar come from surveys of economists conducted by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal.
All statistics in this calendar are in expressed in nominal terms unless labeled "real." "Real" statistics are inflation-adjusted using the most relevant deflator. "SAAR" means seasonally adjusted annual rate.
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