US Weekly Economic Calendar

time (et)

	report	period	ACTUAL	forecast	previous
MONDAY, MARCH 13
	None scheduled
TUESDAY,  MARCH 14
6 am	NFIB small business index	Feb.		--	105.9
8:30 am	Producer price index	Feb.		0.0%	0.6%
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15
8:30 am	Consumer price index	Feb.		0.1%	0.6%
8:30 am	Core CPI	Feb.		0.2%	0.3%
8:30 am	Retail sales	Feb.		0.1%	0.4%
8:30 am	Retail sales ex-autos	Feb.		0.1%	0.8%
8:30 am	Empire state index	March		--	18.7
10 am	Home builders' index	March		--	65
10 am	Business inventories	Jan.		--	0.4%
2 pm	FOMC announcement			0.75-1.%	0.5-0.75%
2:30 pm	Janet Yellen press conference
THURSDAY, MARCH 16
8:30 am	Weekly jobless claims	3/11		240,000	243,000
8:30 am	Housing starts	Feb.		1.270mln	1.246mln
8:30 am	Building permits	Feb.		--	1.293 mln
8:30 am	Philly Fed	March		35.6	43.3
10 am	Job openings	Jan.		--	5.5 mln
FRIDAY, MARCH 17
9:15 am	Industrial production	Feb.		0.2%	-0.3%
9:15 am	Capacity utilization	Feb.		75.4%	75.3%
10 am	Consumer sentiment index	March		97.3	96.3
10 am	Leading indicators	Feb.		--	0.6%