Econ Calendar

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

Highlights: The post-open item isn’t as relevant as the pre-open item. But it can be more disruptive to any initial trending for two reasons. First is its usually unusual timing of coming 5 minutes before the hour. Second is its relation to the recently controversial Retail Sales anomaly, which the market can’t afford to see justified. 

GDP
8:30 AM ET

Corporate Profits
8:30 AM ET

Consumer Sentiment
9:55 AM ET

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

Highlights: Two high-profile items are scheduled for release simultaneously. It’s before the open, with no other items due until much later. The open’s bias should remain intact.

Durable Goods Orders
8:30 AM ET

Jobless Claims
8:30 AM ET

EIA Natural Gas Report
10:30 AM ET

7-Yr Note Auction
1:00 PM 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 report on New Home Sales comes on the heels of Tuesday’s Existing Home Sales data. Its reaction is known, and tends to up the anxiety factor. FOMC’s interest rate decision should steal the spotlight coming out of the noon hour.

MBA Purchase Applications
7:00 AM ET

New Home Sales
10:00 AM ET

EIA Petroleum Status Report
10:30 AM ET

5-Yr Note Auction
1:00 PM ET

FOMC Meeting Announcement
2:15 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 interesting for its 10:00am items. They’re post-open, simultaneous, and high-profile. Any of these factors is likely to disrupt the initial trending. But there’s an interesting twist here, in their being related to each other – home sales and pricing. The opportunity is high for conflicting info, or for doubly extreme readings either way – not to mention the recent impact of the housing credit lapsing… And don’t forget about last week’s reaction to surprisingly weak Retail Sales. There isn’t usually much impact from Goldman’s Store Sales or Redbook, but they’re sure to cause anxiety now.

ICSC-Goldman Store Sales
7:45 AM ET

Redbook
8:55 AM ET

Existing Home Sales
10:00 AM ET

FHFA House Price Index
10:00 AM ET

4-Week Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET

2-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: Just a normal Monday, with the weekly T-bill auctions. The last econ report was Thursday, so that’s four days without data. Don’t get used to, as the week gets a lot busier starting Tuesday.

3-Month Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET

6-Month Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET