HALISTER1: U.S. ECO PREVIEW: Jobless Claims, Producer Prices in 5 Minutes

U.S. ECO PREVIEW: Jobless Claims, Producer Prices in 5 Minutes

(Bloomberg) -- Following are forecasts for today’s economic releases as compiled by Bloomberg News.
  • Initial Claims 245k; range 225k to 255k (46 estimates)
  • Cont. Claims 1950k; range 1920k to 1952k (9 estimates)
    • The prior report showed jobless claims rose by 4,000 in the week ended June 24 to 248,000
    • Claims could move higher as anecdotes point to larger- than-usual number of furloughs during the auto industry’s annual retooling process; for now, claims “are far from disconcerting levels": Bloomberg Intelligence
  • PPI 0% m/m; range -0.2% to 0.2% (63 estimates)
  • Core PPI 0.2% m/m; range -0.1% to 0.3% (53 estimates)
  • Ex trade PPI 0.2% m/m; range 0.1% to 0.2% (8 estimates)
  • PPI 1.9% y/y; range 1.7% to 2.3% (24 estimates)
  • Core PPI 2% y/y; range 1.8% to 2.1% (21 estimates)
    • A gradual rise in core PPI “suggests some mounting, albeit slight, pipeline inflation”: Bloomberg Intelligence
    • In May, headline PPI was unchanged while core PPI rose 0.3 percent
To contact the reporters on this story: Alex Tanzi in Washington at atanzi@bloomberg.net; Vincent Del Giudice in Denver at vdelgiudice@bloomberg.net To contact the editors responsible for this story: Alex Tanzi at atanzi@bloomberg.net Kristy Scheuble

Alert: HALISTER1
Source: BFW (Bloomberg First Word)

Topics
First Word Credit US

To de-activate this alert, click here
To modify this alert, click here

UUID: 7947283