Consumer Prices and Retail Sales on Tap — Data Week Ahead

The following are median forecasts for next week's U.S. data from a survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal.

 
DATE      TIME  RELEASE                       PERIOD     CONSENSUS    PREVIOUS 
Tuesday   0600  Small Business Svy            Jul         99.0   (6)   98.6 
          0830  Consumer Price Index M/M      Jul        +0.2%   (13) +0.3% 
                 -- ex food & energy M/M      Jul        +0.3%   (13) +0.2% 
          0830  Consumer Price Index Y/Y      Jul        +2.8%   (7)  +2.7% 
                 -- ex good & energy Y/Y      Jul        +3.1%   (7)  +2.9% 
          1400  Monthly Federal Budget        Jul       -$227.7B (4) -$244B* 
Thursday  0830  Jobless Claims                Aug 9       229K   (7)   226K 
          0830  Producer Price Index          Jul        +0.2%   (12) +0.0% 
                  -- ex food & energy         Jul        +0.3%   (10) +0.0% 
                  -- ex food, energy, trade   Jul        +0.3%   (3)  +0.0% 
Friday    0830  Import Prices                 Jul        +0.0%   (9)  +0.1% 
          0830  Retail Sales                  Jul        +0.5%   (12) +0.6% 
                  -- ex autos                 Jul        +0.3%   (11) +0.5% 
          0830  NY Empire St Fed Mfg Svy      Aug         1.8    (7)   5.5 
          0915  Industrial Production         Jul        +0.0%   (12) +0.3% 
          0915  Capacity Utilization          Jul         77.6%  (10)  77.6% 
          1000  Business Inventories          Jun        +0.2%   (8)  +0.0% 
          1000  Consumer Sentiment            Aug         62.5   (9)   61.7** 
                  (Prelim) 
 
*July 2024 Reading 
**End-July Reading 
 
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.) 
 

Write to Donna Huneke at dataweekahead@wsj.com