Consumer Price Index Seen Rising in December -- Data Week Ahead

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

 
DATE      TIME  RELEASE                    PERIOD     CONSENSUS    PREVIOUS 
          (ET) 
Tuesday   0600  Small Business Svy          Dec       N/A           101.4 
          1000  Job Openings                Nov       N/A           6.7M 
                  & Labor Turnover 
Wednesday 0830  Consumer Price Index  M/M   Dec      +0.4%   (10)  +0.2% 
                  -- ex food & energy M/M   Dec      +0.2%   (10)  +0.2% 
          0830  Consumer Price Index  Y/Y   Dec      +1.3%   (7)   +1.2% 
                  -- ex food & energy Y/Y   Dec      +1.7%   (7)   +1.6% 
          1400  Monthly Federal Budget      Dec       N/A         -$13B* 
Thursday  0830  Jobless Claims              Jan 9     825K   (5)    787K 
          0830  Import Prices               Dec      +0.6%   (3)   +0.1% 
Friday    0830  Retail Sales                Dec      -0.1%   (10)  -1.1% 
                  -- ex autos               Dec      -0.5%   (9)   -0.9% 
          0830  Producer Price Index        Dec      +0.4%   (9)   +0.1% 
                  -- ex food & energy       Dec      +0.1%   (7)   +0.1% 
                  -- ex food, energy, trade Dec      +0.2%   (3)   +0.1% 
          0830  NY Fed Empire St Svy        Jan       7.1    (5)    4.9 
          0915  Industrial Production       Dec      +0.6%   (9)   +0.4% 
          0915  Capacity Utilization        Dec       73.6%  (8)    73.3% 
          1000  Business Inventories        Nov      +0.5%   (4)   +0.7% 
          1000  Consumer Sentiment          Jan       78.0   (7)    80.7** 
                 (Prelim) 
 
*Dec 2019 Reading 
**Dec Final Reading 
 
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.) 
 

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