This week's major U.S. economic reports (August 15 - August 19)

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THIS WEEK'S MAJOR U.S. ECONOMIC REPORTS & FED SPEAKERS

TIME (ET) REPORT PERIOD ACTUAL MEDIAN FORECAST PREVIOUS

MONDAY, AUG. 15
8:30 am Empire State manufacturing index Aug. -31.3 5.0 11.1
10 am NAHB home builders' index Aug. 49 54 55

TUESDAY, AUG. 16
8:30 am Building permits (SAAR) July 1.67 million 1.63 million 1.70 million
8:30 am Housing starts (SAAR) July 1.45 million 1.52 million 1.60 million
9:15 am Industrial production index July 0.6% 0.3% 0.0%
9:15 am Capacity utilization rate July 80.3% 80.2% 79.9%

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 17
8:30 am Retail sales July 0.0% 0.1% 0.8%
8:30 am Retail sales ex-motor vehicles July 0.4% 0.0% 0.9%
8:30 am Real retail sales July 0.1% -- -0.5%
9:30 am Fed Gov. Michelle Bowman speaks
10 am Business inventories June 1.4% 1.4% 1.6%
2 pm Federal Open Market Committee minutes
2:30 pm Fed Gov. Michelle Bowman speaks

THURSDAY, AUG. 18
8:30 am Initial jobless claims Aug. 13 250,000 260,000 252,000
8:30 am Continuing jobless claims Aug. 6 1.44 million -- 1.43 million
8:30 am Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index Aug. 6.2 -5.0 -12.3
10 am Existing home sales (SAAR) July 4.81 million 4.81 million 5.11 million
10 am Leading economic indicators July -0.4% -0.5% -0.7%
1:20 pm Kansas City Fed President Esther George speaks
1:45 pm Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari speaks

FRIDAY, AUG. 19
9 am Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin speaks
10 am Advance report on selected services Q2