Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.
Friday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, Retail sales for July is scheduled to be released. The consensus is for 0.5% increase in retail sales.
• Also at 8:30 AM, The New York Fed Empire State manufacturing survey for August. The consensus is for a reading of 0.0, down from 5.5.
• At 9:15 AM, The Fed will release Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization for July. The consensus is for a 0.2% decrease in Industrial Production, and for Capacity Utilization to be unchanged at 77.6%.
• At 10:00 AM, University of Michigan’s Consumer sentiment index (Preliminary for August)