| Forecast | Prior Observation | Consensus | |
| Week of September 29 | |||
| September 29 | |||
| Personal Income - August | 0.4% | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Personal Spending | 0.5 | -0.1 | 0.5 |
| Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index | 11.0 | 7.1 | 10.3 |
| Pending Home Sale Index - Aug | 105.5 | 105.9 | 106.6 |
| September 30 | |||
| S&P Case/Shiller Index - July | |||
| Twenty City M/M | 1.3% | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| Twenty City M/M - SA | 0.2 | -0.2 | 0.3 |
| Twenty City Y/Y | 7.5 | 8.1 | 7.5 |
| Third Quarter Twenty City Q/Q - SA | |||
| Chicago PMI - September | 60.0 | 64.3 | 62.0 |
| Consumer Confidence - September | 92.0 | 92.4 | 92.5 |
| October 1 | |||
| Auto Sales* - September | 17.10M | 17.53 | 16.80 |
| *SAAR, as published by Motor Intelligence | |||
| ADP Employment Report - September | 200K | 204 | 200 |
| PMI Manufacturing Index | 57.9 | 57.9 | 58.0 |
| ISM (Mfg) - Sept | 58.3 | 59.0 | 58.0 |
| ISM Prices | 58.0 | 58.0 | 57.0 |
| Construction Spending - August | 0.3% | 1.8 | 0.5 |
| October 2 | |||
| Initial Unemployment Claims | 300K | 298 | 297 |
| Factory Orders - August | -9.6% | 10.5 | -9.3 |
| Durable Goods Orders | -18.2 | 22.6 | |
| Nondurable Goods Orders | 0.3 | -0.9 | |
| October 3 | |||
| Nonfarm Payrolls - September | 205K | 142 | 215 |
| Private | 200 | 134 | 215 |
| Manufacturing | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| Unemployment | 6.1% | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| Average Workweek | 34.5HR | 34.5 | 34.5 |
| Average Hourly Earnings | 0.2% | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| International Trade - August | -$40.5B | -40.5 | -40.6 |
| ISM Services - September | 58.2 | 59.6 | 58.8 |
| ISM Prices | 57.7 | 57.7 | |
| ISM Business Activity | 63.2 | 65.0 | 63.4 |
| Week of October 6 | |||
| October 7 | |||
| Consumer Credit - August | $21.0B | 26.0 | 20.0 |
| October 9 | |||
| Wholesale Inventories - August | 0.4% | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Wholesale Sales | |||
| October 10 | |||
| Export Prices -September | 0.0% | -0.5 | -0.1 |
| Import Prices | -0.8 | -0.9 | -0.5 |
| Import Prices, ex-Energy | 0.0 | ||
| Treasury Budget - September | 70.4 | -128.7 | |
| 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. | |||
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