Here are Professor Peter Morici's forecasts for upcoming economic data.
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Forecast |
Prior Observation |
Consensus |
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Week of July 28 |
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July 28 |
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Pending Home Sale Index - June |
103.3 |
103.9 |
104.2 |
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Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index |
13.0 |
11.4 |
12.0 |
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July 29 |
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S&P Case/Shiller Index - May |
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Twenty City Y/Y |
9.9 |
10.8 |
9.9 |
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Consumer Confidence - July |
85.5 |
85.2 |
85.5 |
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July 30 |
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ADP Employment Report - July |
236K |
281 |
235 |
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GDP - Q2 (a) |
2.7% |
-1.0 |
3.1 |
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GDP Implicit Price Deflator |
1.8 |
1.3 |
2.0 |
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July 31 |
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Initial Unemployment Claims |
300K |
284 |
305 |
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Employment Cost Index - Q2 |
0.5% |
0.3 |
0.5 |
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Employment Cost Index - Y/Y |
1.9 |
1.8 |
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Chicago PMI - July |
63.3 |
62.6 |
63.2 |
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Augsut 1 |
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Nonfarm Payrolls - July |
231K |
288 |
233 |
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Private |
236 |
262 |
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Core Private* |
196 |
218 |
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Manufacturing |
16 |
16 |
15 |
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Unemployment |
6.1% |
6.1 |
6.1 |
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Average Workweek |
34.5HR |
34.5 |
34.5 |
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Average Hourly Earnings |
0.2% |
0.2 |
0.2 |
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*Core Private equals Private less Medical, Social Assistance, and Temp Services |
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Auto Sales* - July |
16.80M |
16.99 |
16.70 |
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*SAAR, as published by Motor Intelligence |
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Personal Income - June |
0.4% |
0.4 |
0.4 |
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Personal Spending |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
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PCE Price Index |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
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Core PCE Price Index |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
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Real Personal Spending |
0.2 |
0.2 |
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Markit PMI Manufacturing Index - July |
57.5 |
57.3 |
56.0 |
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ISM (Mfg) - July |
55.7 |
55.3 |
56.0 |
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ISM Prices |
59.5 |
58.0 |
59.0 |
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Construction Spending - June |
0.5% |
0.1 |
0.5 |
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Michigan Consumer Sentiment (r) |
81.7 |
81.3 |
81.5 |
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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. |