This Week's Economic Indicators

Day Indicator Last Report Forecast
Tuesday Construction Spending March: +0.2% April: unch
Tuesday ISM Index April: 60.4 May: 59.0
Wednesday Pending Home Sales March: 102.9 April: 108.0
Thursday Initial Claims 5/22: 460,000 5/29: 450,000
Thursday Continuing Claims 5/15: 4.607M 5/22: 4.600M
Thursday Productivity Q4: +6.3% Q1: +3.4%
Thursday Unit Labor Costs Q4: -5.6% Q1: -1.4%
Thursday Factory Orders March: +1.1% April: +1.7%
Thursday ISM Non Mfg Index April: 55.4 May: 55.7
Friday Nonfarm Payrolls April: +290,000 May: +503,000
Friday Unemployment Rate April: 9.9% May: 9.8%
Friday Average Hourly Earnings April: +0.3% May: +0.1%
Friday Work Week April: 34.1 May: 34.1
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