Schedule for Week of December 21st - InvestingChannel

Schedule for Week of December 21st

The key reports this week are November Existing Home Sales on Monday, November Personal Income and Outlays on Tuesday, November New Home Sales on Tuesday, and the third estimate of Q3 GDP also on Tuesday.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to All!

—– Monday, December 22nd —–


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

Existing Home Sales10:00 AM: Existing Home Sales for November from the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

The consensus is for sales of 5.20 million on seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) basis. Sales in October were at a 5.26 million SAAR. Economist Tom Lawler estimates the NAR will report sales of 4.90 million SAAR.

A key will be the reported year-over-year increase in inventory of homes for sale.

—– Tuesday, December 23rd —–


8:30 AM: Durable Goods Orders for November from the Census Bureau. The consensus is for a 2.9% increase in durable goods orders.

8:30 AM: Personal Income and Outlays for November. The consensus is for a 0.5% increase in personal income, and for a 0.5% increase in personal spending. And for the Core PCE price index to increase 0.1%.

8:30 AM: Gross Domestic Product, 3rd quarter 2014 (third estimate). The consensus is that real GDP increased 4.3% annualized in Q3, revised up from the second estimate of 3.9%.

9:00 AM: FHFA House Price Index for October 2014. This was originally a GSE only repeat sales, however there is also an expanded index. The consensus is for a 0.4% increase.

9:55 AM: Reuter’s/University of Michigan’s Consumer sentiment index (final for December). The consensus is for a reading of 93.0, down from the preliminary reading of 93.8, and up from the November reading of 88.8.
New Home Sales10:00 AM: New Home Sales for November from the Census Bureau.

This graph shows New Home Sales since 1963. The dashed line is the September sales rate.

The consensus is for an increase in sales to 460 thousand Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) in November from 458 thousand in October.

10:00 AM: Richmond Fed Survey of Manufacturing Activity for December.

—– Wednesday, December 24th —–


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

8:30 AM: The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for claims to decrease to 285 thousand from 289 thousand.

The NYSE and the NASDAQ will close at 1:00 PM ET.

—– Thursday, December 25th —–


All US markets will be closed in observance of the Christmas Holiday.

—– Friday, December 26th —–


No economic releases scheduled.

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