Econ Calendar

A midday look ahead in preparation for economic reports and events scheduled for the next trading day.

Highlights: Friday’s calendar is thin, but heavy. Both of its econ reports are both high-profile and reliably influential. And both are post-open, potentially interfering with price action –inhibiting ahead and exaggerating behind. PMI is released privately to its institutional subscribers, and any price reaction tends to be duplicated when released publicly several minutes later. Consumer Sentiment’s impact probably won’t be much unless it deviates from the recently steady stream of strong consumer readings.

*Chicago PMI
9:45 AM ET

*Consumer Sentiment
10:00 AM ET

Baker-Hughes Rig Count
1:00 PM ET

A midday look ahead in preparation for economic reports and events scheduled for the next trading day.

Highlights: Thursday’s Clams is high-profile, but has no current reliable track record for influencing price action. The day’s other report has neither the influence nor the profile.

Jobless Claims
8:30 AM ET

Personal Income and Outlays
8:30 AM ET

EIA Natural Gas Report
10:30 AM ET

Fed Balance Sheet
4:30 PM ET

Money Supply
4:30 PM ET

A midday look ahead in preparation for economic reports and events scheduled for the next trading day.

Highlights: Wednesday’s calendar isn’t slow, and some of it is high-profile. GDP is very high-profile. But none of it — not even GDP — has a track record for influencing price action. Nevertheless, if any of the pre-open items does seem to trigger a reaction, then the post-open items will likely do the same.

MBA Mortgage Applications
7:00 AM ET

GDP
8:30 AM ET

Corporate Profits
8:30 AM ET

Pending Home Sales Index
10:00 AM ET

EIA Petroleum Status Report
10:30 AM ET

2-Yr FRN Note Auction
11:30 AM ET

7-Yr Note Auction
1:00 PM ET

Farm Prices
3:00 PM ET

A midday look ahead in preparation for economic reports and events scheduled for the next trading day.

Highlights: Tuesday’s calendar is very busy, and a little high-profile, too. But only one report has a reliable track record for influencing price action. It’s post-open, so it’s likely to duplicate the obvious reaction to any pre-open report.

International Trade in Goods
8:30 AM ET

Retail Inventories [Advance]
8:30 AM ET

Wholesale Inventories [Advance]
8:30 AM ET

Redbook
8:55 AM ET

S&P Corelogic Case-Shiller HPI
9:00 AM ET

*Consumer Confidence
10:00 AM ET

Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index
10:00 AM ET

State Street Investor Confidence Index
10:00 AM ET

4-Week Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET

5-Yr Note Auction
1:00 PM ET

A midday look ahead in preparation for economic reports and events scheduled for the next trading day.

Highlights: Neither of Monday’s two Fed surveys has a track record for influencing price action, and neither is especially high-profile.

Chicago Fed National Activity Index
8:30 AM ET

Dallas Fed Mfg Survey
10:30 AM ET

3-Month Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET

6-Month Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET

2-Yr Note Auction
1:00 PM ET