Econ Calendar

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

Highlights: Monday’s pre-open report is high-profile, but has no track record of influencing price action. To the degree that the post-open Housing sector data reflect consumer health, the market should react.

Chicago Fed National Activity Index
8:30 AM ET

Existing Home Sales
10:00 AM ET

3-Month Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET

6-Month Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET

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

Highlights: It has been quite a busy week between Fed officials and high-profile influential econ reports. But Friday’s calendar is empty. A very slow calendar two weeks ago accompanied a recovery from a deep pullback to new highs. We’ll see if similar bliss Friday is similarly appreciated.

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

Highlights: Thursday’s two Fed official speeches probably won’t have as much impact by now as the week’s earlier engagements. The day’s three econ reports meanwhile are all high-profile and influential, from the pre-open Jobless Claims to the post-open Philly Fed and LEI that are released simultaneously.

Jobless Claims
8:30 AM ET

Narayana Kocherlakota Speaks
9:00 AM ET

Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index
9:45 AM ET

Philadelphia Fed Survey
10:00 AM ET

Leading Indicators
10:00 AM ET

EIA Natural Gas Report
10:30 AM ET

Sarah Bloom Raskin Speaks
12:00 PM ET

5-Yr TIPS Auction
1:00 PM ET

Fed Balance Sheet
4:30 PM ET

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

Highlights: The Fed officials speaking engagements continue Wednesday morning, following Tuesday afternoon’s speeches — two of Monday afternoon’s speeches follow this blog post. And again, many will be listening for indications of unwinding, more so considering last week’s FOMC Minutes affair. The afternoon’s Beige Book release tends to inhibit price action prior to its release, which always gets a reaction.

MBA Purchase Applications
7:00 AM ET

Jeremy Stein Speaks
9:00 AM ET

James Bullard Speaks
9:30 AM ET

EIA Petroleum Status Report
10:30 AM ET

Eric Rosengren Speaks
12:00 PM ET

Beige Book
2:00 PM ET

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

Highlights: Two big foci for Tuesday is the consumer, and the QE exit. Last week’s Retail Sales further cemented the growing view of slowing consumption. Tuesday’s two private retail data and its CPI could either agree or disagree, and in either case trigger volatility. Housing Starts might even speak to this. Then several Fed officials speak in the afternoon. I might not highlight this — even with so many in such a concentrated window — except for last week’s FOMC Minutes affair. Many will be listening for signs of unwinding.

ICSC-Goldman Store Sales
7:45 AM ET

Consumer Price Index
8:30 AM ET

Housing Starts
8:30 AM ET

Redbook
8:55 AM ET

Industrial Production
9:15 AM ET

4-Week Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET

Elizabeth Duke Speaks
12:00 PM ET

Narayana Kocherlakota Speaks
1:00 PM ET

Janet Yellen Speaks
3:00 PM ET