March Publication Schedule

The Lehmann Letter (SM)

Here’s the publication schedule for some of March 2010’s most important economic indicators.

Go to http://www.beyourowneconomist.com/ and click on Seminars, then click on Economic Indicators to navigate the sites that provide the data and click on Charts for a visual presentation that you can update.

PUBLICATION SCHEDULE

March 2010

Source (* below)…………Series Description…………Day & Date

Quarterly Data



BLS………………Productivity…………… Thu, 4th

BEA………………Int’l Transacs……… Thu, 18th

BEA…………………………GDP…………………………Fri, 26th



Monthly Data


ISM…Purchasing managers’ index………Mon, 1st

BLS…………………………Employment………………Fri, 5th
Fed………Consumer credit…(Approximate).Fri, 5th
Census……………Balance of trade……………… Thu, 11th
Census…………………Retail trade……………………Fri, 12th
Census…………………Inventories……………………Fri, 12th
Fed………………Industrial production………Mon, 15th
Fed………………Capacity utilization…………Mon, 15th
Census……………Housing starts………………Tue, 16th
BLS………………Producer prices………………Wed, 17th
BLS………………………Consumer prices……………Thu, 18th
Conf Bd…………Leading indicators………Thu, 18th

NAR……………………Existing-home sales……Tue, 23rd
Census…………………New-home sales…………Wed, 24th
Census………………Capital goods………………Wed, 24th

Conf Bd……………Consumer confidence…Tue, 30th


* BEA = Bureau of Economic Analysis of the U.S. Department of Commerce
* BLS = Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
* Census = U.S. Bureau of the Census
* Conf Bd = Conference Board
* Fed = Federal Reserve System
* ISM = Institute for Supply Management
* NAR = National Association of Realtors

© 2010 Michael B. Lehmann