For manufacturing, the January Industrial Production report, and the February NY and Philly Fed manufacturing surveys will be released this week.
No major economic releases scheduled.
6:00 AM: NFIB Small Business Optimism Index for January.
8:30 AM: The Consumer Price Index for January from the BLS. The consensus is for 0.5% increase in CPI, and a 0.4% increase in core CPI. The consensus is for CPI to be up 6.2% year-over-year and core CPI to be up 5.5% YoY.
7:00 AM ET: The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.
8:30 AM: Retail sales for January is scheduled to be released. The consensus is for a 1.5% increase in retail sales.
This graph shows retail sales since 1992. This is monthly retail sales and food service, seasonally adjusted (total and ex-gasoline).
9:15 AM: The Fed will release Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization for January.
This graph shows industrial production since 1967.
The consensus is for a 0.5% increase in Industrial Production, and for Capacity Utilization to increase to 79.1%.
10:00 AM: The February NAHB homebuilder survey. The consensus is for a reading of 37, up from 35. Any number below 50 indicates that more builders view sales conditions as poor than good.
8:30 AM: The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for 200 thousand initial claims, up from 196 thousand last week.
8:30 AM: Housing Starts for January.
This graph shows single and multi-family housing starts since 1968.
The consensus is for 1.361 million SAAR, down from 1.382 million SAAR.
8:30 AM ET: The Producer Price Index for December from the BLS. The consensus is for a 0.4% increase in PPI, and a 0.3% increase in core PPI.
8:30 AM: the Philly Fed manufacturing survey for February. The consensus is for a reading of -6.7, up from -8.9.
11:00 AM: NY Fed: Q4 Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit
No major economic releases scheduled.