This Week: Inflation Data

Monday

10:00 AM US consumer inflation expectations are expected to hold at the two-year low of 3.0% in January

Tuesday

8:30 AM Consumer price growth is expected to rise by 0.2% in January which would slow the annualized rate to 3.0%

8:30 AM Core consumer prices are expected to grow by 0.3% in January which would slow the annualized rate to 3.8%

Wednesday

2:00 AM Consumer prices in the UK are expected to fall 0.3% in January but the annualized rate is still expected to rise to 4.3%.

5:00 AM The Euro Area GDP is expected to show no growth in the 2nd quarter

7:00 AM Mortgage demand and rates

6:50 PM Japan’s GDP is expected to have grown 0.3% in the 4th quarter

Thursday

2:00 AM The economy in the UK is expected to have retracted by 0.1% in the 4th quarter

8:30 AM Jobless claims are expected to rise slightly to 220k

8:30 AM Retail sales are expected to have fallen by 0.1% in January

10:00 AM Homebuilder confidence is expected to rise for the 3rd straight month to 46

12:00 PM Mortgage rates

Friday

8:30 AM Building permits are expected to have risen by 1.5% to 1.515M in January

8:30 AM Housing starts are expected to have risen by 0.6% to 1.47M in January