Contrarian Stock Market Investing News - Featuring Bargain Stocks » Index Report http://www.contrarianprofits.com Access market-beating ideas from the world's top investment gurus on stock market investing, the gold market, ETFs, Forex trading and real estate values. Mon, 10 May 2010 15:10:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 As If Earnings Weren’t Enough, the Economic Calendar is Full http://www.contrarianprofits.com/articles/as-if-earnings-weren%e2%80%99t-enough-the-economic-calendar-is-full/1257 http://www.contrarianprofits.com/articles/as-if-earnings-weren%e2%80%99t-enough-the-economic-calendar-is-full/1257#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:08:38 +0000 Rick Pendergraft http://www.contrarianprofits.com/articles/as-if-earnings-weren%e2%80%99t-enough-the-economic-calendar-is-full/ In addition to all the earnings reports mentioned above, the economic calendar is full with important reports this week. Among those that jump out at me are the Producer Price Index, Consumer Price Index, the Philly Fed Survey, and Leading Indicators.

The Producer Price Index for March will be released tomorrow morning and it is expected to show a slightly larger increase over the February report. Analysts are looking for an increase of 0.4 percent after a 0.3 percent increase in February.

The Consumer Price Index report comes out on Wednesday and analysts are expecting a larger uptick in the CPI than in the PPI. In February, the CPI was flat compared to January. The March report is expected to show an…

]]> In addition to all the earnings reports mentioned above, the economic calendar is full with important reports this week. Among those that jump out at me are the Producer Price Index, Consumer Price Index, the Philly Fed Survey, and Leading Indicators.

The Producer Price Index for March will be released tomorrow morning and it is expected to show a slightly larger increase over the February report. Analysts are looking for an increase of 0.4 percent after a 0.3 percent increase in February.

The Consumer Price Index report comes out on Wednesday and analysts are expecting a larger uptick in the CPI than in the PPI. In February, the CPI was flat compared to January. The March report is expected to show an increase in inflation at the consumer level of 0.3 percent.

Both the Leading Indicators report and the Philly Fed Survey will be released on Friday. The leading indicators report for March is expected to come in at 0.1 percent, which would mark the first time in six months that this report was positive.

I am not holding my breath that it will come in positive though. The Philly Fed Survey for April is expected to come in at -14.0, which isn’t as bad as the March reading of -17.4.

Date

Time (ET)

Statistic

For

Market Expects

Prior

14-Apr

8:30 AM

Retail Sales

Mar

0.10%

-0.60%

14-Apr

8:30 AM

Retail Sales ex-auto

Mar

0.20%

-0.20%

14-Apr

10:00 AM

Business Inventories

Feb

0.40%

0.80%

15-Apr

8:30 AM

PPI

Mar

0.40%

0.30%

15-Apr

8:30 AM

Core PPI

Mar

0.20%

0.50%

15-Apr

8:30 AM

NY Empire State Index

Apr

-16

-22.2

16-Apr

8:30 AM

CPI

Mar

0.30%

0.00%

16-Apr

8:30 AM

Core CPI

Mar

0.20%

0.00%

16-Apr

8:30 AM

Housing Starts

Mar

1025K

1065K

16-Apr

8:30 AM

Building Permits

Mar

970K

984K

16-Apr

9:15 AM

Industrial Production

Mar

-0.10%

-0.50%

16-Apr

9:15 AM

Capacity Utilization

Mar

80.40%

80.40%

16-Apr

2:00 PM

Fed’s Beige Book

-

-

-

17-Apr

10:00 AM

Leading Indicators

Mar

0.10%

-0.30%

17-Apr

10:00 AM

Philadelphia Fed

Apr

-14

-17.4


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