Weekly economic news as of Aug 31 2009
Key economic data for the week starting August 31, 2009. Numbers shown are consensus estimates (market anticipates this value) and prior value.
Monday:
9:45 AM CHICAGO PMI (Aug): 47.4 / 43.4
Tuesday:
NEW VEHICLE SALES (Aug): 12.8M / 11.2M
10:00 AM ISM – MANUFACTURING (Aug): 50.1 / 48.9
CONSTRUCTION SPENDING M/M (Jul): -0.2% / 0.3%
PENDING HOME SALES M/M (Jul): 1.6% / 3.6%
Wednesday:
8:15 AM ADP EMPLOYMENT CHANGE (Aug): -250K / -371K
8:30 AM NON-FARM PRODUCTIVITY (Q2 F): 6.2% / 6.4%
10:00 AM FACTORY ORDERS M/M (Jul): 1.8% / 0.4%
2:00 PM FED MEETING MINUTES
Thursday:
8:30 AM CONTINUING CLAIMS Aug-22: n.a. / 6133K
INITIAL CLAIMS Aug-29: 560K / 570K
10:00 AM ISM – NON-MANUFACTURING (Aug): 48.0 / 46.4
11:00 AM ICSC CHAIN STORE SALES Y/Y (Aug): n.a. / 0.7%
Friday:
8:30 AM NON-FARM PAYROLLS (Aug): -225K / -247K
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (Aug): 9.5% / 9.4%
AVERAGE HOURLY EARNINGS M/M (Aug): 0.2% / 0.2%
MANUFACTURING PAYROLLS (Aug): -60K / -52K
