September's Economic Indicators

The Lehmann Letter (SM)

Here are September’s economic indicators. We’ll track these for signs of a Double Dip. Things are not that grim now, but growth is slow.

ECONOMIC INDICATOR PUBLICATION SCHEDULE

September 2011

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

Quarterly Data

BLS……………Productivity …..……Thu, 1st

BEA..International Transactions…Thu, 15th

BEA……….GDP & Profits…..……Thu, 29th

Monthly Data

ISM..Purchasing managers’ index…Thu, 1st

BLS………….Employment………… Fri, 2nd
BEA.New-vehicle sales.(Approximate).Tue, 6th

Fed. Consumer credit..(Approximate).Wed, 7th
Census…….......Inventories…….... Wed, 14th
BLS………...Producer prices……. Wed, 14th
BLS………….Consumer prices.….. Thu, 15th
Fed……….Capacity utilization……Thu, 15th
Census……...Housing starts…….Tue, 20th
NAR………Existing-home sales….Wed, 21st
Conf Bd…….Leading indicators….Thu, 22nd

Census……..New-home sales…...Mon, 26th
Census……….Capital goods…….. Wed, 28th

Conf Bd….Consumer confidence.. Tue, 27th

*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

© 2011 Michael B. Lehmann