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Timetable for the week of March 16, 2025

from Calculated risk 15.03.2025 08:11:00 am

The most important reports this week are retail sales, apartment starts and existing home sales in February.

The FOMC meets this week and no change in the directive is expected.

The February report of industrial production and the surveys of Fedy Fed Fed Fed February are published for production.


—— Monday, March 17th —–


8:30 p.m.: Retail sales It will be published in February. The consensus is an increase in retail sales by 0.7%.

This graphic has been showing retail sales since 1992. This is monthly retail sales and food service, seasonally adapted (total and ex-gasoline).

8:30 a.m.: The New York Fed Empire State Manufacturing Survey For March. The consensus exists for reading -2.0 from 5.7.

10:00 am: March Nahb Homebuilder survey. The consensus exists for a reading of 43 compared to 42. Any number of under 50 shows that more builders consider the sales conditions to be bad.

10:00 am: State employment and unemployment (Monthly) for January 2025


—– Tuesday, March 18 —–


Multi -Housing starts and single -family houses begins8:30 p.m.: Living space begins for February.

This diagram shows a single and multi -family housing that has started since 1968.

The consensus is 1.383 million Saar, compared to 1.366 million Saar.

Industrial production9:15 a.m.: The Fed is published Industry production and capacity use for February.

This graphic has shown industrial production since 1967.

The consensus is an increase in industrial production by 0.3% and the capacity utilization at 77.8% unchanged.


—– Wednesday, March 19 —–

7:00 a.m. ET: The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will publish the results for the Mortgage application index.

During the day: the AIA of the Aias Architecture Billings Index for February (a leading indicator of commercial real estate).

2:00 p.m.: FOMC Meeting announcement. No change in politics is expected at this session.

2:00 p.m.: FOMC projections. This includes the forecasts of the participants of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) for the corresponding target fund rate and updated economic projections.

2:30 p.m.: Chairman Jerome Powell Keep a press conference after the FOMC announcement.


—– Thursday, March 20 —–

8:30 a.m.: The First weekly unemployment claims The report will be published. The consensus is last week for 224 initial claims of 220,000.

8:30 a.m.: The Philly Fed Manufacturing Survey For March. The consensus consists for a reading of 12.0, from 18.0.

Existing home sales10:00 am: Existing home sales for February from the National Association of Realors (NAR). The consensus is 3.92 million Saar, of 4.08 million.

The graphic shows existing home sales of 1994 about the report last month.


—– Friday, March 21 —–

No important economic publications planned.