by Calculated Risk on 4/19/2025 08:11:00 AM
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Schedule for Week of April 20, 2025
The key reports scheduled for this week are March New and Existing Home sales.
For manufacturing, the April Richmond and Kansas City manufacturing surveys will be released.
No major economic releases scheduled.
10:00 AM: Richmond Fed Survey of Manufacturing Activity for April.
7:00 AM ET: The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.
This graph shows New Home Sales since 1963. The dashed line is the sales rate for last month.
The consensus is for 680 thousand SAAR, up from 676 thousand in February.
During the day: The AIA's Architecture Billings Index for March (a leading indicator for commercial real estate).
2:00 PM: the Federal Reserve Beige Book, an informal review by the Federal Reserve Banks of current economic conditions in their Districts.
8:30 AM: The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. Initial claims were at 215 thousand last week.
8:30 AM: Durable Goods Orders for March from the Census Bureau. The consensus is for a 0.8% increase in durable goods orders.
8:30 AM ET: Chicago Fed National Activity Index for March. This is a composite index of other data.
The graph shows existing home sales from 1994 through the report last month.
11:00 AM: the Kansas City Fed manufacturing survey for April.
10:00 AM: University of Michigan's Consumer sentiment index (Final for April). The consensus is for a reading of 50.8.