Monday, April 14, 2008

A Huge Economic Week!

With such a big week of economic data being released I thought this blog would be best served by just detailing out the releases and letting you form your own opinion.

Monday 4/14: Mar Retail Sales: Forecast: -.1%
Monday 4/14: Feb Business Invent: Forecast: .6%

Tuesday 4/15: Mar PPI: Forecast: .4%
Tuesday 4/15: Apr. Empire Index: Forecast: -16.0%

Wednesday 4/16: Mar CPI: Forecast: .3%
Wednesday 4/16: Mar Housing Starts : Forecast: 980K
Wednesday 4/16: Mar Industrial Prod: Forecast: -.1%
Wednesday 4/16: Mar Capacity Utiliz: Forecast: 80.4

Thursday 4/17: Weekly Jobless Claims: Forecast: 385K
Thursday 4/17: Apr Philadelphia Surv: Forecast: -14.0%
Thursday 4/17: Mar Leading Econ Ind: Forecast: -.2%

For those of you who desire an explanation of these terms or how they affect the market and in particular mortgage rates, please feel free to contact me directly at shawnvt@pmg-inc.net

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