Economic Calendar: January 15-January 19
TSC Staff
01/19/07 - 10:32 AM EST
   
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Indicator
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Source
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Actual |
Forecast |
Previous
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Previous
(original) |
| Monday, January 15 |
| No releases because of Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
| Tuesday, January 16 |
| No releases. |
Wednesday, January 17 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Producer Price Index for December
|
Labor Department |
+0.9% |
+0.5% |
+2.0% |
+2.0% |
| Ex- food and energy |
+0.2% |
+0.1% |
+1.3% |
+1.3% |
| 9 a.m. |
Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended January 12 -- Market Composite Index |
Mortgage Bankers Association |
667.2 |
n.a. |
671.1 |
671.1 |
| Purchase Index |
439.7 |
n.a. |
472.8 |
472.8 |
| 9 a.m. |
Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended January 14 |
ABC News and Washington Post |
-3 |
n.a. |
-5 |
-5 |
| 9 a.m. |
ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended January 13 |
International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS |
unchgd. |
n.a. |
+0.7% |
+0.7% |
| 9 a.m. |
Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended January 13, vs. December |
Redbook Research |
+2.5% |
n.a. |
+1.5% |
+1.7%* |
| 9:15 a.m. |
Industrial production for December
|
Federal Reserve |
+0.4% |
+0.1% |
-0.1% |
+0.2% |
| Capacity utilization |
81.8% |
81.7% |
81.6% |
81.8% |
| 2 p.m. |
Beige Book |
Federal Reserve |
The Fed's anecdotal report on economic conditions around the country is for consideration at the Federal Open Market Committee's January 31st meeting. |
| Thursday, January 18 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Consumer Price Index for December
|
Labor Department |
+0.5% |
+0.4% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
| Ex- food and energy |
+0.2% |
+0.2% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended January 13 |
Labor Department |
+290,000 |
+315,000 |
+298,000 |
+299,000 |
| Four-week average |
+308,000 |
n.a. |
+315,000 |
+315,000 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Housing starts for December
|
Census Bureau |
1.642M |
1.570M |
1.572M |
1.588M |
| Building permits |
1.596M |
1.505M |
1.505M |
1.513M |
| 10 a.m. |
Bernanke speech |
Federal Reserve |
The Fed chairman speaks to Senate Budget Committee on the topic: Long-Term Fiscal Challenges Facing the United States |
| 12 p.m. |
Philadelphia Fed Index for January
|
Philadelphia Fed |
8.3 |
2.0 |
-2.3 |
-4.3 |
| 2:30 p.m. |
TIPS auction announcement |
Bureau of the Public Debt |
The Treasury announces the size of its next auction of 20-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS, next Tuesday. |
| Friday, January 19 |
| 9:45 a.m. |
Consumer Sentiment Index for January -- preliminary
|
University of Michigan |
98.0 |
92.4 |
91.7 |
91.7 |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Weekly Leading Index for the week ended January 12 |
Economic Cycle Research Institute |
+4.4% |
n.a. |
+4.1% |
+4.0% |
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P-Preliminary forecast
*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
Expectations as reported by
Reuters
