US Weekly Economic Calendar

time (et)	report	period	ACTUAL	forecast	previous
MONDAY, AUG. 31
9:45 am	Chicago PMI	Aug.		--	54.7
TUESDAY,  SEPT. 1
9:45 am	Markit PMI	Aug.		--	52.9
10 am	ISM	Aug.		52.0%	52.7%
10 am	Construction spending	July		0.9%	0.1%
TBA	Motor vehicle sales	Aug.		17.3 mln	17.5 mln
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2
8:15 am	ADP employment	Aug.		--	185,000
8:30 am	Productivity	Q2		3.0%	1.3%
8:30 am	Unit labor costs	Q2		-1.4%	0.5%
10 am	Factory orders	July		1.0%	1.8%
2 pm	Beige Book
THURSDAY, SEPT. 3
8:30 am	Weekly jobless claims	Aug. 29		275,000	271,000
8:30 am	Trade deficit	July		-$41.8 bln	-$43.8 bln
10 am	ISM nonmanufacturing	Aug.		57.9%	60.3%
FRIDAY, SEPT. 4
8:30 am	Nonfarm payrolls	Aug.		223,000	215,000
8:30 am	Unemployment rate	Aug.		5.2%	5.3%
8:30 am	Average hourly earnings	Aug.		0.2%	0.2%