For manufacturing, the March Industrial Production report will be released this week.
—– Monday, April 10th —–
No major economic releases scheduled.
—– Tuesday, April 11th —–
6:00 AM ET: NFIB Small Business Optimism Index for March.
—– Wednesday, April 12th —–
7:00 AM ET: The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.
8:30 AM: The Consumer Price Index for March from the BLS. The consensus is for 0.3% increase in CPI (up 5.2% YoY) and a 0.4% increase in core CPI (up 5.6% YoY).
2:00 PM: FOMC Minutes, Meeting of March 21-22
—– Thursday, April 13th —–
8:30 AM: The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for 233 thousand initial claims, up from 228 thousand last week.
8:30 AM: The Producer Price Index for March from the BLS. The consensus is for a 0.0% increase in PPI, and a 0.3% increase in core PPI.
—– Friday, April 14th —–
8:30 AM: Retail sales for March is scheduled to be released. The consensus is for a 0.4% decrease in retail sales.
This graph shows the year-over-year change in retail sales and food service (ex-gasoline) since 1993. Retail and Food service sales, ex-gasoline, increased by 6.1% on a YoY basis in February.
9:15 AM: The Fed will release Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization for March.
This graph shows industrial production since 1967.
The consensus is for a 0.2% increase in Industrial Production, and for Capacity Utilization to decrease to 79.0%.
10:00 AM: University of Michigan’s Consumer sentiment index (Preliminary for April).