The Economic Week Ahead…..
Posted By Ana Connell On 26. August 2007 @ 05:23 In Economic Market Reports, Blogroll | No Comments
Monday 27
[1] Existing Home Sales-consensus 5.70M….. Year to year this number has dropped 11.4% and housing supply at 8.8 months. June sales were down 3.8%.
3 & 6 Month Bill Auction
Tuesday 28
[2] ICSC-USB Store Sales Tracks comparable weekly sales from major retail chains and represents 10% of total retail sales. Is considered to be one of the most timely indicators of consumer spending.
[3] Redbook a timely indicator of consumer spending and also represents about 10% of total retail sales. This measure tracks weekly sales from discounters, chain and department stores.
[4] Consumer Confidence -Consensus 105
FOMC Minutes
4 Week Bill Auction & 20 Year Tips Auction
Wednesday 29
[5] MBA Purchase Applications measures applications at mortgage lenders. This is considered a leading indicator for single family home sales and housing construction.
[6] EIA Petroleum Status Report reports on crude oil inventories in the U.S.
2 Year Note Auction
Thursday 30
[7] GDP Consensus 4.0%
[9] Jobless Claims Unemployment claims. Consensus 320K
[10] Help Wanted Index
[11] EIA Natural Gas Report-Tracks natural gas inventories.
[12] 3 and 6 month Treasury Bill Announcement Investors use this data to attempt to predict future Federal Reserve policy.
[13] 5 Year Auction
[14] Money Supply
Friday 31
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Symposium at Jackson Hole, Wyo .
[15] Personal Income Outlays-Consensus .3% Consumer spending Consensus is .4% Another measure to gauge consumer spending power.
[16] NAPM-Chicago-Consensus 53-Business conditions in the Chicago area, another measure of economic growth.
[17] Farm Prices
[18] Consumer Sentiment Consensus 82.5
[19] Factory Orders Consensus 3.2%
Last Friday’s new home sales report did raise some hopes that maybe things might be turning around. We’ll see what the week ahead brings!
Article printed from Burbank Real Estate Report: http://burbankmarketreport.com
URL to article: http://burbankmarketreport.com/2007/08/26/the-economic-week-ahead-14/
URLs in this post:
[1] Existing Home Sales: http://online.barrons.com/public/page/barrons_econoday.html
[2] ICSC-USB Store Sales : http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/ecalendar/index.html
[3] Redbook: http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/ecalendar/index.html
[4] Consumer Confidence: http://online.barrons.com/public/page/barrons_econoday.html
[5] MBA Purchase Applications: http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/ecalendar/index.html
[6] EIA Petroleum Status Report : http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/ecalendar/index.html
[7] GDP : http://online.barrons.com/public/page/barrons_econoday.html
[8] Corporate Profits : http://online.barrons.com/public/page/barrons_econoday.html
[9] Jobless Claims: http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/ecalendar/index.html
[10] Help Wanted Index: http://online.barrons.com/public/page/barrons_econoday.html
[11] EIA Natural Gas Report: http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/ecalendar/index.html
[12] 3 and 6 month Treasury Bill Announcement : http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/ecalendar/index.html
[13] 5 Year Auction: http://online.barrons.com/public/page/barrons_econoday.html
[14] Money Supply: http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/ecalendar/index.html
[15] Personal Income Outlays: http://online.barrons.com/public/page/barrons_econoday.html
[16] NAPM-Chicago: http://online.barrons.com/public/page/barrons_econoday.html
[17] Farm Prices: http://online.barrons.com/public/page/barrons_econoday.html
[18] Consumer Sentiment : http://online.barrons.com/public/page/barrons_econoday.html
[19] Factory Orders: http://online.barrons.com/public/page/barrons_econoday.html
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