Schedule for Week of September 8, 2024

The key economic report this week is the August Consumer Price Index (CPI).

----- Monday, September 9th -----
No major economic releases scheduled.

----- Tuesday, September 10th -----
6:00 AM: NFIB Small Business Optimism Index for August.

8:00 AM: Corelogic House Price index for July

----- Wednesday, September 11th -----
7:00 AM ET: The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.

8:30 AM: The Consumer Price Index for August from the BLS. The consensus is for a 0.2% increase in CPI, and a 0.2% increase in core CPI.  The consensus is for CPI to be up 2.6% year-over-year (down from 2.9% in July) and core CPI to be up 3.2% YoY (unchanged from 3.2% in July).

----- Thursday, September 12th -----
8:30 AM: The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for 225 thousand initial claims, down from 227 thousand last week.

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

12:00 PM: Q2 Flow of Funds Accounts of the United States from the Federal Reserve.

----- Friday, September 13th -----
10:00 AM: University of Michigan's Consumer sentiment index (Preliminary for September).