Schedule for Week of January 8, 2023

The key reports this week is December CPI.

—– Monday, January 9th —–

No major economic releases scheduled.

—– Tuesday, January 10th —–

6:00 AM: NFIB Small Business Optimism Index for December.

9:00 AM: Discussion, Fed Chair Jerome Powell, Central Bank Independence, At the Sveriges Riksbank International Symposium on Central Bank Independence, Stockholm, Sweden

—– Wednesday, January 11th —–

7:00 AM ET: The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.

—– Thursday, January 12th —–

8:30 AM: The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released.  The consensus is for 220 thousand initial claims, up from 204 thousand last week.

8:30 AM: The Consumer Price Index for December from the BLS. The consensus is for 0,1% increase in CPI, and a 0.3% increase in core CPI.  The consensus is for CPI to be up 6.5% year-over-year and core CPI to be up 5.7% YoY.

—– Friday, January 13th —–

10:00 AM: University of Michigan’s Consumer sentiment index (Preliminary for January).