Retail Sales, Consumer Price Index On The Docket -- Data Week Ahead

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

The FOMC meeting statement is scheduled for release Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. ET, followed by a press conference with Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen at 2:30 p.m. ET.

Forecasts were last updated on Monday afternoon.

DATE TIME RELEASE PERIOD CONSENSUS PREVIOUS

(ET)

Wednesday 0830 Retail Sales May +0.0% (25) +0.4%

-- ex autos May +0.1% (24) +0.3%

0830 Consumer Price Index May +0.0% (26) +0.2%

-- ex food & energy May +0.2% (26) +0.1%

1000 Business Inventories Apr -0.2% (14) +0.2%

Thursday 0830 Jobless Claims Jun 10 240K (19) 245K

0830 Import Prices May -0.1% (11) +0.5%

0830 NY Empire St Fed Mfg Svy Jun 4.0 (15) -1.0

0830 Phila Fed Mfg Svy Jun 23.5 (16) 38.8

0915 Industrial Production May +0.1% (24) +1.0%

0915 Capacity Utilization May 76.7% (19) 76.7%

1000 Housing Mkt Index Jun 70 (17) 70

Friday 0830 Housing Starts May 1.21M (25) 1.17M

-- percent change May +3.4% -2.6%

0830 Building Permits May 1.24M (15) 1.23M

-- percent change May +0.8% -2.5%

1000 Consumer Sentiment Jun 97.0 (12) 97.1*

(Preliminary)

*End-May Reading

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

Write to Donna Huneke at dataweekahead@wsj.com

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June 13, 2017 10:14 ET (14:14 GMT)