by Calculated Risk on 4/09/2022 08:11:00 AM

The key reports this week are March CPI and retail sales.

For manufacturing, the March Industrial Production report and the April NY Fed manufacturing survey will be released this week.

----- Monday, April 11th -----
No major economic releases scheduled.

----- Tuesday, April 12th -----
6:00 AM ET: NFIB Small Business Optimism Index for March.

8:30 AM: The Consumer Price Index for March from the BLS. The consensus is for 1.2% increase in CPI (up 8.5% YoY) and a 0.5% increase in core CPI (up 6.6% YoY).

----- Wednesday, April 13th -----
7:00 AM ET: The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.

8:30 AM: The Producer Price Index for March from the BLS. The consensus is for a 1.1% increase in PPI, and a 0.5% increase in core PPI.

----- Thursday, April 14th -----
8:30 AM: The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released.  The consensus is for a increase to 175 thousand from 166 thousand last week.

8:30 AM: Retail sales for March is scheduled to be released.  The consensus is for a 0.6% increase in retail sales. 

This graph shows the year-over-year change in retail sales and food service (ex-gasoline) since 1993. Retail and Food service sales, ex-gasoline, increased by 16.1% on a YoY basis in February.

10:00 AM: University of Michigan's Consumer sentiment index (Preliminary for April).

----- Friday, April 15th -----
8:30 AM: The New York Fed Empire State manufacturing survey for April. The consensus is for a reading of 2.0, up from -11.8.

9:15 AM: The Fed will release Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization for March.

This graph shows industrial production since 1967.

The consensus is for a 0.4% increase in Industrial Production, and for Capacity Utilization to increase to 77.8%.

10:00 AM: State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) for March 2022