The following are median forecasts for this week's remaining U.S. data from a survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal.
DATE TIME RELEASE PERIOD CONSENSUS PREVIOUS
Tuesday 0600 Small Business Svy Dec 99.0 (9) 99.0
0830 Consumer Price Index M/M Dec +0.3% (23) NA
-- ex food & energy M/M Dec +0.3% (22) NA
0830 Consumer Price Index Y/Y Dec +2.7% (15) +2.7%
-- ex food & energy Y/Y Dec +2.8% (14) +2.6%
1000 New Home Sales* Sep 710K (13) 800K
-- percent change* Sep -11.3% +20.5%
1000 New Home Sales* Oct 718K (16) NA
-- percent change* Oct NA NA
1400 Monthly Federal Budget Dec -$150.0B (7) -$87B**
Wednesday 0830 Producer Price Index*** Oct +0.1% (12) +0.3%
-- ex food & energy*** Oct +0.2% (10) +0.1%
-- ex food, energy, trade*** Oct NA +0.1%
0830 Producer Price Index*** Nov +0.3% (14) NA
-- ex food & energy*** Nov +0.2% (10) NA
-- ex food, energy, trade*** Nov NA NA
0830 Retail Sales**** Nov +0.4% (23) +0.0%
-- ex autos**** Nov +0.3% (21) +0.4%
0830 Current Account Balance 3Q -$232.5B (8) -$251.3B
1000 Existing Home Sales Dec 4.22M (22) 4.13M
-- percent change Dec +2.2% +0.5%
1000 Business Inventories**** Oct +0.2% (9) +0.2%
Thursday 0830 Jobless Claims Jan 10 215K (16) 208K
0830 NY Empire St Fed Mfg Svy Jan 1.0 (11) -3.9
0830 Phila Fed Mfg Svy Jan -4.5 (10) -10.2
0830 U.S. Import Prices***** Oct -0.1% (6) +0.0%
0830 U.S. Import Prices***** Nov -0.2% (8) NA
Friday 0915 Industrial Production Dec +0.1% (21) +0.2%
0915 Capacity Utilization Dec 76.0% (17) 76.0%
1000 Housing Mkt Index Jan 40 (11) 39
*Combined Sep/Oct report rescheduled from Oct. 24 and Nov. 26
**Dec 2024 Reading
***Combined Oct/Nov Report rescheduled from Nov. 14 and Dec. 11
****Rescheduled from Dec. 17
*****Combined Oct/Nov Report rescheduled from Nov. 18 and Dec. 16
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.)
Write to Donna Huneke at dataweekahead@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 12, 2026 14:00 ET (19:00 GMT)
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