Economic Data Forecasts For The Weeks Of Oct. 7 & 14

Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.     Prior     Forecast Observation           Week of October 7       October 7       Consumer Credit – August $12.0B 25.5           October 8       NFIB Small Business Optimism Index – September 91.5 91.2   International Trade – August -$69.7B -78.8           October 9       Wholesale Inventories – August 0.2% 0.2           October 10       Consumer Price Index – September 0.2% 0.2   Core CPI 0.3 0.3           October 11       Producer Price Index – August 0.1% 0.2   PPI Core (less food, energy and trade services) 0.2 0.3           Michigan Consumer Sentiment – October (p) 69.6 70.1           Week of October 14       October 15       New York Fed Manufacturing Index 0.0 11.5           October 16       Export Prices –  September -0.3% -0.7   Import Prices 0.3 -0.3           October 17       Retail Sales – September 0.3% 0.1   Retail Sales, ex Autos 0.2 0.1   Retail Sales, ex Autos and Gas 0.3 0.2           Industrial Production – September -0.1 0.8   Capacity Utilization 77.8 78.0   Manufacturing -0.2 0.9           Business Inventories – August 0.3% 0.4   NAHB Index 42 41           October 18       Housing Starts – September 1.300M 1.356   Building Permits 1.441 1.475           Treasury Budget – August -$30.0B -380.1        

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