Description

Measures: Change in the total value of sales at the wholesale level;

Why Traders Cares: It's a leading indicator of consumer spending - retailers generally order more goods from wholesalers when they expect consumer sales to increase;

• Actual0.1%
• Forecast-0.4%
• Previous%
• Release6d, 25m ago

Description

Measures: Change in the level of a diffusion index based on surveyed consumers;

Why Traders Cares: Financial confidence is a leading indicator of consumer spending, which accounts for a majority of overall economic activity;

Notes: The impact tends to be mild but varies from month to month due to volatility in the data set;

• Actual0.6%
• Forecast
• Previous0.5%
• Release5d, 12h ago

Description

Measures: Level of a diffusion index based on surveyed German institutional investors and analysts;

Why Traders Cares: It's a leading indicator of economic health - investors and analysts are highly informed by virtue of their job, and changes in their sentiment can be an early signal of future economic activity;

Notes: Above 0.0 indicates optimism, below indicates pessimism;

• Actual36.1
• Forecast37.8
• Previous35.3
• Release5d, 3h ago

Description

Measures: Change in the price of goods and services purchased by consumers, excluding food and energy;

Why Traders Cares: Consumer prices account for a majority of overall inflation. Inflation is important to currency valuation because rising prices lead the central bank to raise interest rates out of respect for their inflation containment mandate;

Notes: Food and energy prices account for about a quarter of CPI, but they tend to be very volatile and distort the underlying trend. The FOMC usually pays more attention to the Core data - so do traders;

• Actual0.2%
• Forecast0.3%
• Previous0.1%
• Release5d, 25m ago

Description

Measures: Change in the price of goods and services purchased by consumers, excluding the most volatile 40% of items;

Why Traders: Consumer prices account for a majority of overall inflation. Inflation is important to currency valuation because rising prices lead the central bank to raise interest rates out of respect for their inflation containment mandate;

• Actual2.7%
• Forecast
• Previous2.5%
• Release5d, 25m ago

Description

Measures: Change in the price of goods and services purchased by consumers;

Why Traders Cares: Consumer prices account for a majority of overall inflation. Inflation is important to currency valuation because rising prices lead the central bank to raise interest rates out of respect for their inflation containment mandate;

Notes: This is the most important inflation-related release due to its earliness and broad scope. This is among the few non-seasonally adjusted numbers reported on the calendar, as it's the calculation most commonly reported;

• Actual0.1%
• Forecast0.1%
• Previous0.6%
• Release5d, 25m ago

Description

Measures: Change in the price of goods and services purchased by consumers;

Why Trades Cares: Consumer prices account for a majority of overall inflation. Inflation is important to currency valuation because rising prices lead the central bank to raise interest rates out of respect for their inflation containment mandate;

• Actual0.3%
• Forecast0.3%
• Previous0.1%
• Release5d, 25m ago

Description

Measures: Change in the price of goods and services purchased by consumers

Why Traders Cares: Consumer prices account for a majority of overall inflation. Inflation is important to currency valuation because rising prices lead the central bank to raise interest rates out of respect for their inflation containment mandate

• Actual2.7%
• Forecast2.7%
• Previous2.4%
• Release5d, 25m ago

Description

Measures: Change in the price of goods and services purchased by consumers;

Why Traders Cares: Consumer prices account for a majority of overall inflation. Inflation is important to currency valuation because rising prices lead the central bank to raise interest rates out of respect for their inflation containment mandate. This is considered the UK's most important inflation data because it's used as the central bank's inflation target;

• Actual3.6%
• Forecast3.4%
• Previous3.4%
• Release4d, 6h ago

Description

Measures: Change in the price of finished goods and services sold by producers;

Why Traders Cares: It's a leading indicator of consumer inflation - when producers charge more for goods and services the higher costs are usually passed on to the consumer;

• Actual0%
• Forecast0.2%
• Previous-0.2%
• Release4d, 25m ago

Description

Measures: Change in the price of finished goods and services sold by producers, excluding food and energy;

Why Traders Cares: It's a leading indicator of consumer inflation - when producers charge more for goods and services the higher costs are usually passed on to the consumer;

• Actual0%
• Forecast0.2%
• Previous-0.2%
• Release4d, 25m ago

Description

Measures: Percentage of the total work force that is unemployed and actively seeking employment during the previous month;

Why Traders Cares: the number of unemployed people is an important signal of overall economic health because consumer spending is highly correlated with labor-market conditions;

• Actual4.3%
• Forecast4.1%
• Previous4.1%
• Release3d, 11h ago

Description

Measures: Change in the number of employed people during the previous month;

Why Traders Cares: Job creation is an important leading indicator of consumer spending, which accounts for a majority of overall economic activity;

• Actual2K
• Forecast20K
• Previous87.6K
• Release3d, 11h ago

Description

Measures: Percentage of total work force that is unemployed and actively seeking employment during the past 3 months;

Why Traders Cares: Although it's generally viewed as a lagging indicator, the number of unemployed people is an important signal of overall economic health because consumer spending is highly correlated with labor-market conditions. Unemployment is also a major consideration for those steering the country's monetary policy;

• Actual4.7%
• Forecast4.6%
• Previous4.6%
• Release3d, 6h ago

Description

Measures: Change in the price businesses and the government pay for labor, including bonuses;

Why Traders Cares: It's a leading indicator of consumer inflation - when businesses pay more for labor the higher costs are usually passed on to the consumer;

• Actual5%
• Forecast4.9%
• Previous5.5%
• Release3d, 6h ago

Description

Measures: Change in the price of goods and services purchased by consumers;

Why Traders Cares: Consumer prices account for a majority of overall inflation. Inflation is important to currency valuation because rising prices lead the central bank to raise interest rates out of respect for their inflation containment mandate;

• Actual0.3%
• Forecast0.3%
• Previous0.3%
• Release3d, 3h ago

Description

Measures: Change in the price of goods and services purchased by consumers, excluding food, energy, alcohol, and tobacco;

Why Trades Cares: Consumer prices account for a majority of overall inflation. Inflation is important to currency valuation because rising prices lead the central bank to raise interest rates out of respect for their inflation containment mandate;

• Actual2.3%
• Forecast2.3%
• Previous2.3%
• Release3d, 3h ago

Description

Measures: Change in the total value of sales at the retail level;

Why Traders Cares: it's the primary gauge of consumer spending, which accounts for the majority of overall economic activity;

• Actual0.6%
• Forecast0.1%
• Previous-0.1%
• Release3d, 25m ago

Description

Measures: Change in the total value of sales at the retail level, excluding automobiles;

Why Tradres Cares: It's the primary gauge of consumer spending, which accounts for the majority of overall economic activity;

Notes: Automobile sales account for about 20% of Retail Sales, but they tend to be very volatile and distort the underlying trend. The Core data is therefore thought to be a better gauge of spending trends;

• Actual0.5%
• Forecast0.3%
• Previous%
• Release3d, 25m ago

Description

Measures: Level of a diffusion index based on surveyed manufacturers in Philadelphia;

Why Traders Cares: It's a leading indicator of economic health - businesses react quickly to market conditions, and changes in their sentiment can be an early signal of future economic activity such as spending, hiring, and investment;

Notes: Above 0.0 indicates improving conditions, below indicates worsening conditions;

• Actual15.9
• Forecast-1
• Previous-4
• Release3d, 25m ago

Description

Measures: The number of individuals who filed for unemployment insurance for the first time during the past week;

Why Traders Cares: Although it's generally viewed as a lagging indicator, the number of unemployed people is an important signal of overall economic health because consumer spending is highly correlated with labor-market conditions. Unemployment is also a major consideration for those steering the country's monetary policy;

• Actual221K
• Forecast235K
• Previous227K
• Release3d, 25m ago

Description

Measures: Change in total spending facilitated with a credit card;

Why Traders Cares: It's correlated with consumer spending and confidence - rising debt levels are a sign that lenders feel comfortable issuing loans, and that consumers are confident in their financial position and eager to spend money;

• Actual0.9%
• Forecast
• Previous2.2%
• Release2d, 9h ago