Jump in Retail Sales Expected -- Data Week Ahead Update

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

DATE TIME RELEASE PERIOD CONSENSUS PREVIOUS

(ET)

Tuesday 0600 Small Business Svy Sep 104.9 (6) 105.3

Wednesday 1000 Job Openings & Aug 6.15M (3) 6.2M

Labor Turnover

Thursday 0830 Jobless Claims Oct 7 252K (16) 260K

0830 Producer Price Index Sep +0.4% (19) +0.2%

-- ex food & energy Sep +0.2% (17) +0.1%

Friday 0830 Retail Sales Sep +1.7% (22) -0.2%

-- ex autos Sep +0.8% (22) +0.2%

0830 Consumer Price Index Sep +0.6% (22) +0.4%

-- ex food & energy Sep +0.2% (22) +0.2%

1000 Consumer Sentiment Oct 95.3 (18) 95.1*

(Preliminary)

1000 Business Inventories Aug +0.6% (13) +0.2%

*Sept. Final Reading

(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.)

Write to Donna Huneke at dataweekahead@wsj.com

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October 09, 2017 14:12 ET (18:12 GMT)