Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.

       

Forecast

Prior Observation

   

Week of August 20

       

August 22

       

Existing Home Sales – July

5.509M

5.380

5.425

           

August 23

       

Initial Unemployment Claims

215K

212

215

 

FHFA Home Price Index – June

0.5%

0.2

0.3

           

PMI Manufacturing Flash Index

55.3

55.3

55.2

 

PMI Services Flash

57.0

56.0

56.0

           

New Home Sales – July

649K

631

648

 

Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index

25

23

             

August 24

       

Durable Goods Sales – July

0.3%

0.8

-0.2

           

Week of August 27

       

August 27

       

Chicago Fed National Activity Index – July

0.35

0.43

   

Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index

28.0

32.3

             

August 28

       

International Trade in Goods – July

-$69.5B

-68.3

   

Wholesale Inventories – July (a)

0.1%

0.1

             

S&P Case/Shiller Index – June

       

Twenty City M/M

0.3%

0.2

   

Twenty City M/M – SA

0.8

0.7

   

Twenty City Y/Y

6.6

6.5

             

Consumer Confidence – August

127.4

127.4

   

Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index

19.0

20.0

             

August 29

       

GDP – Q2 (p)

4.0%

4.1

   

GDP Price Deflator

3.0

3.0

             

Pending Home Sales Index – July

107.0

106.9