February Publication Schedule

The Lehmann Letter (SM)

Here are the February indicators we will follow.

As always, housing, auto sales and consumer confidence are of particular importance. But production – purchasing managers’ index and capacity utilization – as well as business investment in capital goods are also of concern.


ECONOMIC INDICATOR PUBLICATION SCHEDULE

February 2012

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

Quarterly Data

BLS…....….Productivity…….……Thu, 2nd
BEA……….GDP & Profits…..……Wed, 29th

Monthly Data

ISM..Purchasing managers’ index…Wed, 1st
BEA.New-vehicle sales.(Approximate).Fri, 3rd
BLS………….Employment………… Fri, 3rd
Fed. Consumer credit..(Approximate).Tue, 7th
Census…….......Inventories…….... Tue, 14th
Fed……….Capacity utilization……Wed, 15th
BLS………...Producer prices……. Thu, 16th
Census……...Housing starts…….Thu, 16th
Conf Bd…….Leading indicators….Fri, 17th
BLS……….Consumer prices.….. Fri, 17th
NAR………Existing-home sales….Wed, 22nd
Census……..New-home sales…... Fri, 24th
Census……….Capital goods…….. Tue, 28th
Conf Bd….Consumer confidence.. Tue, 28th

*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

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© 2012 Michael B. Lehmann