Retail Sales and Employment Report on Tap -- Data Week Ahead

Dow Jones03-28

The following are median forecasts for next week's U.S. data from a survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal.

 
DATE      TIME  RELEASE                       PERIOD     CONSENSUS    PREVIOUS 
Monday    1030  Dallas Fed Mfg Svy             Mar        NA           0.2 
Tuesday   0900  S&P/Case-Shiller 20-City       Jan        NA          +1.38% 
                  HPI Y/Y 
          0945  Chicago PMI                    Mar        NA           57.7 
          1000  Job Openings                   Feb        7.0M   (3)   6.9M 
                  & Labor Turnover 
          1000  Consumer Confidence            Mar        88.0   (5)   91.2 
Wednesday 0815  ADP Jobs                       Mar        NA          +63K 
          0830  Retail Sales                   Feb       +0.4%   (4)  -0.2% 
                  -- ex autos                  Feb       +0.3%   (3)  +0.0% 
          0945  S&P Global U.S. Mfg PMI        Mar        NA           52.4* 
          1000  ISM Mfg PMI                    Mar        52.0   (6)   52.4 
          1000  Business Inventories           Jan        NA          +0.1% 
Thursday  0830  Jobless Claims                 Mar 28     210K   (3)   210K 
          0830  U.S. Trade Deficit             Feb       $61.7B  (6)  $54.46B 
Friday    0830  Nonfarm Payrolls               Mar       +45K    (6)  -92K 
          0830  Unemployment Rate              Mar        4.5%   (6)   4.4% 
          0830  Avg. Hourly Wages M/M**        Mar       +0.3%   (5)  +0.4% 
          0830  Avg. Hourly Wages Y/Y**        Mar        NA          +3.84% 
          0945  S&P Global U.S. Svcs PMI       Mar        NA           51.1* 
 
*March Flash Reading 
**All private-sector workers 
 
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.) 
 
Write to Donna Huneke at dataweekahead@wsj.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

March 27, 2026 14:09 ET (18:09 GMT)

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Retail Sales and Employment Report on Tap -- Data Week Ahead

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