by Calculated Risk on 10/08/2022 08:11:00 AM

The key economic reports this week are September CPI and Retail Sales.

----- Monday, Oct 10th -----
Columbus Day Holiday: Banks will be closed in observance of Columbus Day. The stock market will be open. No economic releases are scheduled.

1:35 PM: Speech, Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard, Restoring Price Stability in an Uncertain Economic Environment, At the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) Annual Meeting, Chicago, Ill.

----- Tuesday, Oct 11th -----
6:00 AM: NFIB Small Business Optimism Index for September.

----- Wednesday, Oct 12th -----
7:00 AM ET: The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.

8:30 AM: The Producer Price Index for September from the BLS. The consensus is for a 0.2% increase in PPI, and a 0.3% increase in core PPI.

2:00 PM: FOMC Minutes, Meeting of September 20-21, 2022

----- Thursday, Oct 13th -----
8:30 AM: The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released.  The consensus is for an increase to 225 thousand from 219 thousand last week (likely impact from Hurricane Ian).

8:30 AM: The Consumer Price Index for September from the BLS. The consensus is for a 0.2% increase in CPI, and a 0.5% increase in core CPI.  The consensus is for CPI to be up 8.1% year-over-year and core CPI to be up 6.5% YoY.

----- Friday, Oct 14th -----
8:30 AM ET: Retail sales for September will be released.  The consensus is for a 0.2% increase in retail sales.

This graph shows retail sales since 1992. This is monthly retail sales and food service, seasonally adjusted (total and ex-gasoline).

10:00 AM: University of Michigan's Consumer sentiment index (Preliminary for October).