The last full week in November brings with it its fair share of economic data, Fed talk, and a few important earnings stragglers. The general themes of the week will be housing, manufacturing, inflation, and the consumer. On the economic front, October’s retail sales—released on Monday—should steal the show, followed up by October’s industrial production […]
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Economics Week Ahead
The second full week in November brings with it not only a federal holiday on Wednesday, but a relatively quiet week on the data front. The week’s potentially most interesting piece of data—the Fed’s Senior Loan Officer Survey—has no official release date, however, looking back the report is typically published early in the week following […]
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 […]
This week’s most important economic data will likely come in the form of third quarter 2009’s advanced estimate of GDP, which should put an end to four consecutive quarters of declines. The U.S. government’s ‘Cash for Clunkers’ program during the quarter should help to boost the personal consumption component of GDP, while inventories declining at […]
On the economic front the market will be encountering some important housing related releases in addition to the Fed’s Beige Book on Wednesday. On the housing front, on Monday the market will get a peak at October’s NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, followed by housing starts on Tuesday. However, the most important housing release of […]
Despite a holiday on Monday, we have a busy week on all fronts, combing a deep economic calendar with a flurry of critical earnings releases. On the economics front the two most important indicators are retail sales on Wednesday and CPI on Thursday. September’s retail sales could face some negative pressure on the back of […]
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 […]
There’s no doubt this week’s most important release will be Friday’s employment report, which is expected to show a decline in payrolls of -170K with an unemployment rate of 9.8%. This week could prove critical as markets try to regain some traction after several negative surprises last week, including lower than anticipated existing home sales […]
Undoubtedly the most important item on this week’s calendar will be Wednesday’s FOMC announcement, which is highly unlikely to show any changes to the current policy stance. But, as always, the market will be paying close attention the wording of the FOMC’s statement, which turned slightly more constructive last month indicating that financial markets have […]
After last week’s relatively light economic calendar, the market faces a deluge of data from nearly every facet of the economy. With that said this week’s most closely watched release will likely be Tuesday’s retail sales announcement, which is expected to show a +2.0% gain on the back of increased auto-sales and higher gas prices, […]