This Week: All About Consumers

Monday

10:00 AM US consumer inflation expectations from the New York Fed

Tuesday

8:30 AM Consumer prices are expected to have jumped 0.4% in February which would actually cause annual price growth to hold at 3.1%

8:30 AM Core price growth is expected to have risen 0.3% with the annual index slowing to 3.7% in February

Wednesday

3:00 AM UK’s GDP is expected to have risen 0.2% in January

7:00 AM Mortgage demand and rates

Thursday

8:30 AM Producer prices are expected to have risen 0.3% in February which is expected to push annual price growth up to 1.2%

8:30 AM Retail sales are expected to have risen 0.7% in February

8:30 AM Jobless claims are expected to barely rise to 218k

12:00 PM Mortgage Rates

8:30 PM China’s Home Price Index

Friday

10:00 AM The University of Michigan consumer sentiment for the US is expected to slightly slow to 76.6