October’s Economic Indicators

The Lehmann Letter (SM)

ECONOMIC INDICATOR PUBLICATION SCHEDULE

October 2011

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

Quarterly Data

BEA……….GDP & Profits…..……Thu, 27th

Monthly Data

ISM..Purchasing managers’ index…Mon, 3rd

BEA.New-vehicle sales.(Approximate).Wed, 5th

BLS………….Employment………… Fri, 7th
Fed. Consumer credit..(Approximate).Fri, 7th
Census…….......Inventories…….... Fri, 14th
Fed……….Capacity utilization……Mon, 17th
BLS………...Producer prices……. Tue, 18th
BLS……….Consumer prices.….. Wed, 19th
Census……...Housing starts…….Wed, 19th
NAR………Existing-home sales….Thu, 20th
Conf Bd…….Leading indicators….Thu, 20th

Conf Bd….Consumer confidence.. Tue, 25th

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


*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