Macro Events This Week

🔥 PCE WEEK: Core PCE (Fed's Preferred Inflation Gauge) Friday 8:30 AM + FOMC Minutes Wednesday 2:00 PM 🔥

Monday, Feb 16

🇺🇸 Markets Closed — President's Day Holiday

Tuesday, Feb 17

8:30 AM

Empire State manufacturing survey

Period:Feb. Forecast:10.0 Previous:7.7

10:00 AM

Home builder confidence index

Period:Feb. Forecast:38 Previous:37

Wednesday, Feb 18

8:30 AM

Housing starts (delayed report)

Period:Nov. Forecast:1.30 million Previous:1.25 million

8:30 AM

Building permits

Period:Nov. Previous:1.41 million

8:30 AM

Housing starts (delayed report)

Period:Dec. Forecast:1.3 million

8:30 AM

Building permits

Period:Dec. Forecast:1.40 million

8:30 AM
Durable-goods orders (delayed report)

                                Period:Dec.
                                Forecast:-2.3%
                                Previous:5.3%
                            

8:30 AM

Durable-goods minus transportation

Period:Dec. Previous:0.5%

9:15 AM

Industrial production

Period:Jan. Forecast:0.3% Previous:0.4%

9:15 AM

Capacity utilization

Period:Jan. Forecast:76.5% Previous:76.3%

2:00 PM

Minutes of Fed's January FOMC meeting

Thursday, Feb 19

8:30 AM
Initial jobless claims

                                Period:Feb. 14
                                Forecast:220,000
                                Previous:227,000
                            

8:30 AM

U.S. trade deficit

Period:Dec. Forecast:-$56.0B Previous:-$56.8B

8:30 AM
Philadelphia Fed manufacturing survey

                                Period:Feb.
                                Previous:12.6
                            

8:30 AM

Advanced U.S. trade balance in goods

Period:Dec.

8:30 AM

Advanced retail inventories

Period:Dec.

8:30 AM

Advanced wholesale inventories

Period:Dec. Previous:0.2%

9:00 AM
Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari speaks

10:00 AM

Leading economic index

Period:Dec. Forecast:-0.1% Previous:-0.3%

Friday, Feb 20

8:30 AM
GDP

                                Period:Q4
                                Forecast:2.5%
                                Previous:4.4%
                            

8:30 AM

Personal income

Period:Dec. Forecast:0.3% Previous:0.3%

8:30 AM

Personal spending

Period:Dec. Forecast:0.4% Previous:0.5%

8:30 AM

PCE index

Period:Dec. Forecast:0.3% Previous:0.2%

8:30 AM

PCE (year-over-year)

Forecast:2.8% Previous:2.8%

8:30 AM

Core PCE index

Period:Dec. Forecast:0.3% Previous:0.2%

8:30 AM

Core PCE (year-over-year)

Forecast:2.9% Previous:2.8%

9:45 AM

S&P flash U.S. services PMI

Period:Feb. Previous:52.7

9:45 AM

S&P flash U.S. manufacturing PMI

Period:Feb. Previous:52.4

10:00 AM

New home sales (delayed report)

Period:Nov. Forecast:730,000 Previous:737,000

10:00 AM

New home sales (delayed report)

Period:Dec. Forecast:735,000

10:00 AM
Consumer sentiment (prelim)

                                Period:Feb.
                                Forecast:57.1
                                Previous:57.3
                            