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Upcoming Economic Releases - Week of August 1, 2011




ConsensusActualPositive, Negative
Neutral
Comments

Monday 8/1/2011

    
ISM Index
54.0
 50.9(-)Barely above the 50.0 line that divides a contracting manufacturing sector from a contracting one.
Construction Spending
0.0%
0.2%
(+)
 

Tuesday 8/2/2011

    
Personal Spending
0.1%
-0.2%
(-)
Consumers looked to be retrenching in light of bad economic data and a tough employment and real-estate sectors.
Personal Income
0.1%
0.1%
Neutral

PCE Prices - Core
0.2%
0.1%
Neutral

Vehicle Sales




Wednesday 8/3/2011

    
ADP Employment Change
100,000
114,000
(+)

Challenger Job Cuts

59.4%
(-)

Factory Orders
-1.0%
-0.8%
Neutral

ISM Services
53.7
52.7
(-)

MBA Mortgage Index

7.1%
(+)

Crude Inventories


0.95M


Thursday 8/4/2011





 Initial Unemployment Claims

405,000



Continuing Claims
 3,700,000   

Friday 8/5/2011





Non-Farm Payrolls
78,000
   
 Non-Farm Private Payrolls
 100,000   
 Unemployment Rate
 9.1%   
 Hourly Earnings
 0.2%   
Average Work Week
34.3



Consumer Credit
$5.0B