RSS Feed by Calculated Risk on 3/24/2018 11:11:00 AM
Saturday, March 24, 2018
Schedule for Week of Mar 25, 2018
The key economic reports this week are the third estimate of Q4 GDP, Personal Income and Outlays for February, and Case-Shiller house prices.
Also the Q1 quarterly Reis surveys for office and malls will be released this week.
8:30 AM ET: Chicago Fed National Activity Index for February. This is a composite index of other data.
10:30 AM: Dallas Fed Survey of Manufacturing Activity for March.
9:00 AM ET: S&P/Case-Shiller House Price Index for January.This graph shows the nominal seasonally adjusted National Index, Composite 10 and Composite 20 indexes through the December 2017 report (the Composite 20 was started in January 2000).
The consensus is for a 6.2% year-over-year increase in the Comp 20 index for January.
10:00 AM ET: Richmond Fed Survey of Manufacturing Activity for March. This is the last of the regional surveys for March.
7:00 AM ET: The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.
Early: Reis Q1 2018 Apartment Survey of rents and vacancy rates.
8:30 AM: Gross Domestic Product, 4th quarter 2017 (Third estimate). The consensus is that real GDP increased 2.3% annualized in Q4, unchanged from the second estimate of 2.3%.
10:00 AM: Pending Home Sales Index for February. The consensus is for a 2.7% increase in the index.
Early: Reis Q1 2018 Office Survey of rents and vacancy rates.
8:30 AM ET: The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for 228 thousand initial claims, down from 229 thousand the previous week.
8:30 AM: Personal Income and Outlays for February. The consensus is for a 0.4% increase in personal income, and for a 0.2% increase in personal spending. And for the Core PCE price index to increase 0.2%.
9:45 AM: Chicago Purchasing Managers Index for March. The consensus is for a reading of 63.2, up from 61.9 in February.
10:00 AM: University of Michigan's Consumer sentiment index (preliminary for February). The consensus is for a reading of 102.0, unchanged from 102.0 in February.
Early: Reis Q1 2018 Mall Survey of rents and vacancy rates.
