Econ Calendar

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

Highlights: Three-day holiday weekend ahead? That doesn’t inhibit Friday’s calendar from being very high-profile in both pre-open and post-open items. Liquidity should evaporate by noon.

Durable Goods Orders
8:30 AM ET

Personal Income and Outlays
8:30 AM ET

New Home Sales
10:00 AM ET

Bond market Early Close
2:00 PM ET

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

Highlights: Thursday’s busy calendar reflects the potholes and obstacles to setting a trend intraday. Three simultaneous pre-open high-profile items, are followed by three almost simultaneous post-open high-profile items. Often, the ultimate resolution to pre-open items is repeated for post-open items, but there are too many data points here to rely on that.

GDP
8:30 AM ET

Jobless Claims
8:30 AM ET

Chicago Fed National Activity Index
8:30 AM ET

Corporate Profits
8:30 AM ET

Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index
9:45 AM ET

Consumer Sentiment
9:55 AM ET

FHFA House Price Index
10:00 AM ET

Leading Indicators
10:00 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 post-open Home Sales report comes after Monday’s yawn at the Housing Market Index’s favorable surprise, and Tuesday’s misleadingly optimistic Housing Starts number. Then the afternoon’s 7-year auction moves far enough out the spectrum not to be assured in a seamless placement.

MBA Purchase Applications
7:00 AM ET

Existing Home Sales
10:00 AM ET

EIA Petroleum Status Report
10:30 AM ET

7-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: Positive expectations may not be discounted for Tuesday’s pre-open Housing Starts, despite the positive surprise in Monday’s Market Index —  a second consecutive surprise in the sector could have a much better effect. Meanwhile, retail sales metrics have not lived up to Thanksgiving weekend’s blowout, which helps to discount negative news there.

ICSC-Goldman Store Sales
7:45 AM ET

Housing Starts
8:30 AM ET

Redbook
8:55 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: Monday’s post-open econ report is high-profile, with a track record of influencing price action. The afternoon’s 2-Year auction is not necessarily difficult, but a lot of paper will be auctioned on the day.

Housing Market Index
10:00 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