Economic Events This Week ‏ 16-05-2016 by xCFD

The consensus for 1.135 million, up from the March rate.

8:30 AM:The Consumer Price Index for May from the BLS. The consensus is for a 0.3% increase in CPI, and a 0.2% increase in core CPI.

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

This graph shows industrial production since 1967.

The consensus is for a 0.2% increase in Industrial Production, and for Capacity Utilization to increase to 74.9%.

Wednesday, May 18th

7:00 AM ET:The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.

During the day:The AIA's Architecture Billings Index for April (a leading indicator for commercial real estate).

2:00 PM:the Fed will release the FOMC Minutes for the meeting of April 26-27, 2016

Thursday, May 19th

8:30 AM:The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released.  The consensus is for 275 thousand initial claims, down from 294 thousand the previous week.

8:30 AM:the Philly Fed manufacturing survey for May. The consensus is for a reading of 3.0, up from -1.6.

8:30 AM ET:Chicago Fed National Activity Index for April. This is a composite index of other data.

Friday, May 20th

10:00 AM:Existing Home Sales for April from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The consensus is for 5.40 million SAAR, up from 5.33 million in March.

10:00 AM:Regional and State Employment and Unemployment for April 2016