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THIS WEEK'S U.S. economic reports | |||||
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time (et) | report | period | Actual | CONSENSUS forecast |
previous |
MONDAY, FEB. 4 | |||||
10 am | Factory orders | Dec. | 2.3% | 0.0% | |
2 pm | Senior loan officer survey | 4Q | -- | -- | |
TUESDAY, Feb. 5 | |||||
10 am | ISM nonmanufacturing index | Jan. | 55.0 | 55.7 | |
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6 | |||||
None scheduled | |||||
THURSDAY, FEB. 7 | |||||
8:30 am | Weekly jobless claims | 2/2 | 360,000 | 368,000 | |
8:30 am | Productivity | 4Q | -1.5% | 2.9% | |
8:30 am | Unit labor costs | 4Q | 3.5% | -1.9% | |
3 pm | Consumer credit | Dec. | -- | $16 bln | |
FRIDAY, FEB. 8 | |||||
8:30 am | Trade deficit | Dec. | -$45.5 bln | -$48.7 bln | |
10 am | Wholesale inventories | Dec. | -- | 0.6% |