Forecasts for the Weeks of October 6 and 13

Here are my forecasts for upcoming economic data.
	Forecast	Prior Observation	Consensus
Week of October 6
October 7
JOLTS - August	4.700M	4.673	4.710
Consumer Credit - August	$21.0B	26.0	20.0
October 9
Initial Unemployment Claims	300K	287	293
Wholesale Inventories - August	0.3%	0.1	0.3
Wholesale Sales
October 10
Export Prices -September	-0.1%	-0.5	-0.1
Import Prices	-0.9	-0.9	-0.8
Import Prices, ex-Energy	0.0
Treasury Budget - September	$82.0B	-128.7	72.0
Week of October 13
October 15
Producer Price Index - September	0.0%	0.0	-0.2
PPI Core	0.1	0.2	0.0
Energy
Retail Sales - September	0.0%	0.6	-0.1
Retail Sales, ex Autos	0.2	0.3	0.2
NY Fed Manufacturing Index	20.5	27.54	21.5
Business Inventories - August	0.4%	0.4	0.4
October 16
Industrial Production - August	0.4%	-0.1	0.3
Capacity Utilization	79.1	78.8	78.9
Philadelphia Fed Survey	20.5	22.5	19.5
NAHB Index	59	59	59
October 17
Housing Starts - September	1.018M	0.956	1.016
Building Permits	1.035	0.998	1.023
Michigan Consumer Sentiment - October (p)	84.6	84.6	84.2
Peter Morici is a professor at the University of Maryland Smith School of Business, former Chief Economist at the U.S. International Trade Commission, and five-time winner of the MarketWatch best forecaster award.