Schedule for Week of March 8, 2020

This will be a light week for economic data.

The key report scheduled for this week is February CPI.

—– Monday, Mar 9th —–

No major economic releases scheduled.

—– Tuesday, Mar 10th —–

6:00 AM ET: NFIB Small Business Optimism Index for February.

—– Wednesday, Mar 11th —–

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

8:30 AM: The Consumer Price Index for February from the BLS. The consensus is for no change in CPI, and a 0.2% increase in core CPI.

—– Thursday, Mar 12th —–

8:30 AM: The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for 215 thousand initial claims, down from 216 thousand the previous week.

8:30 AM: The Producer Price Index for February from the BLS. The consensus is for a 0.1% decrease in PPI, and a 0.2% increase in core PPI.

12:00 PM: Q4 Flow of Funds Accounts of the United States from the Federal Reserve.

—– Friday, Mar 13th —–

10:00 AM: University of Michigan’s Consumer sentiment index (Preliminary for March).