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US Economics Week Ahead: 2010 Starts with a Bang

It is a good thing investors will have the entire weekend to recover from their New Year’s celebrations, because 2010 is starting with a bang, at least in terms of economic data.  Undoubtedly, the week’s most critical release will be Friday’s employment report, where excitement is building that payrolls could show their first monthly advance […]

US Economics Week Ahead: Black or Red Friday?

This week is relatively quiet on the economic front, following last week’s tsunami of data culminating in a much better than anticipated employment release.  This week’s theme is the consumers, who have the potential to stymie last week’s positive sentiment depending on sales strength during the Black Friday shopping weekend.  The week’s primary release will […]

US Economics Week Ahead: Jobs & the Fed

With the first week of November comes a wave of important economic data—plus a few key earnings announcements—important macro releases include October’s employment report, an FOMC announcement, and several other indicators that will help gauge the health of the consumer and overall economy.  Also important to note is that the ECB, Bank of England, and […]

US Economics Week Ahead: Is October the new September?

Based on last week’s negative performance on the back of several pieces of melancholy economic news, some investors may argue September has come late this year.  Looking ahead, we have a pretty quiet week on the data front, which may cause investors, still trying to heal from last week’s wounds, to place added emphasis on […]

September’s Preliminary Consumer Sentiment Shows Gain

September’s preliminary consumer sentiment release showed a rise to 70.2, compared to the Bloomberg consensus forecast of 67.5 and a previous reading of 65.7.  The less bad is good philosophy seemed to help this month’s preliminary sentiment index, as consumer’s hope declining job losses, what appears to a bottom in the housing market, and improvements […]

US Economics Week Ahead: The Calm Before The Storm

With the shortened week comes a rather light economic calendar, with the most significant release likely being the Fed’s Beige Book on Wednesday, followed by consumer sentiment on Friday.  This week’s lull will come to an abrupt end next week with the release of the retails sales and Industrial production data, among others.  In addition […]

US Week Ahead: Steady As She Goes

On the economics front this week we have a rather light calendar compared to last week, but not without some significant releases.  The weeks starts out slow with no noteworthy releases on Monday, followed up by productivity and costs on Tuesday. The week closes with the hard hitting trifecta of July’s CPI, June’s Industrial Production, […]