March Publication Schedule: Housing Remains Key

The Lehmann Letter (SM)

The economy has gathered strength.

Housing remains the big concern. It’s been a dragging anchor.

We’ll see what March has in store.


ECONOMIC INDICATOR PUBLICATION SCHEDULE

March 2012

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

Quarterly Data

BLS…....….Productivity…….……Wed, 7th
BEA..International Transactions..Wed, 14th
BEA……….GDP & Profits…..……Thurs, 29th

Monthly Data

ISM..Purchasing managers’ index…Thurs, 1st
BEA.New-vehicle sales.(Approximate).Mon, 5th
Fed. Consumer credit..(Approximate).Wed, 7th
BLS………….Employment………… Fri, 9th
Census…….......Inventories…….... Tue, 13th
BLS………...Producer prices……. Thu, 15th
BLS……….Consumer prices.….. Fri, 16th
Fed……….Capacity utilization……Fri, 16th
Census……...Housing starts…….Tue, 20th
NAR………Existing-home sales….Wed, 21st
Conf Bd…….Leading indicators….Thu, 22nd
Census……..New-home sales…... Fri, 23rd
Conf Bd….Consumer confidence.. Tue, 27th
Census……….Capital goods…….. Wed, 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