Schedule for Week of Sept 24, 2017

The key economic report this week is New Home sales for August on Tuesday.

Other key indicators include the third estimate of Q2 GDP, and July Case-Shiller house prices.

----- Monday, Sept 25th -----
8:30 AM ET: Chicago Fed National Activity Index for August. This is a composite index of other data.

10:30 AM: Dallas Fed Survey of Manufacturing Activity for September.

----- Tuesday, Sept 26th -----
9:00 AM ET: S&P/Case-Shiller House Price Index for July.

This graph shows the nominal seasonally adjusted National Index, Composite 10 and Composite 20 indexes through the June 2017 report (the Composite 20 was started in January 2000).

The consensus is for a 5.9% year-over-year increase in the Comp 20 index for July.

Early: Reis Q3 2017 Apartment Survey of rents and vacancy rates.

10:00 AM ET: New Home Sales for August from the Census Bureau.

This graph shows New Home Sales since 1963. The dashed line is the July sales rate.

The consensus is for 583 thousand SAAR, unchanged from 571 thousand in July.

10:00 AM: Richmond Fed Survey of Manufacturing Activity for September.

12:45 PM: Speech by Fed Chair Janet Yellen, Inflation, Uncertainty, and Monetary Policy, 59th NABE Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio

----- Wednesday, Sept 27th -----
7:00 AM ET: The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.

8:30 AM: Durable Goods Orders for August from the Census Bureau. The consensus is for a 1.5% increase in durable goods orders.

10:00 AM: Pending Home Sales Index for August. The consensus is for a 0.1% decrease in the index.

----- Thursday, Sept 28th -----
8:30 AM ET: The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for 270 thousand initial claims, up from 259 thousand the previous week.

8:30 AM: Gross Domestic Product, 2nd quarter 2017 (Third estimate). The consensus is that real GDP increased 3.1% annualized in Q2, up from second estimate of 3.0%.

11:00 AM: the Kansas City Fed manufacturing survey for September.

----- Friday, Sept 29th -----
Early: Reis Q3 2017 Office Survey of rents and vacancy rates.

8:30 AM: Personal Income and Outlays for August. The consensus is for a 0.3% increase in personal income, and for a 0.1% increase in personal spending. And for the Core PCE price index to increase 0.2%.

9:45 AM: Chicago Purchasing Managers Index for September. The consensus is for a reading of 58.6, down from 58.9 in August.

10:00 AM: University of Michigan's Consumer sentiment index (final for September). The consensus is for a reading of 97.2, unchanged from the preliminary reading 97.6.