Looking at next week’s economic calendar , we have a number of events coming up. However, I would be very cautious over the current thin volume situation of stock market.
Weekly
Economic Calendar
Date
ET
Release
For
Consensus
Prior
Aug 29
10:00
Consumer Confidence
Aug
103.7
106.5
Aug 29
14:00
FOMC Minutes
Aug 8
–
–
Aug 30
08:30
Chain Deflator-Prel.
Q2
3.3%
3.3%
Aug 30
08:30
GDP-Prel.
Q2
3.0%
2.5%
Aug 30
10:30
Crude Inventories
08/25
NA
-643K
Aug 31
08:30
Initial Claims
08/26
NA
313K
Aug 31
08:30
Personal Income
Jul
0.5%
0.6%
Aug 31
08:30
Personal Spending
Jul
0.8%
0.4%
Aug 31
10:00
Chicago PMI
Aug
57.0
57.9
Aug 31
10:00
Factory Orders
Jul
0.5%
1.2%
Aug 31
10:00
Help-Wanted Index
Jul
33
33
Sep 01
00:00
Auto Sales
Aug
5.4M
5.6M
Sep 01
00:00
Truck Sales
Aug
7.3M
7.6M
Sep 01
08:30
Average Workweek
Aug
33.9
33.9
Sep 01
08:30
Hourly Earnings
Aug
0.3%
0.4%
Sep 01
08:30
Nonfarm Payrolls
Aug
125K
113K
Sep 01
08:30
Unemployment Rate
Aug
4.7%
4.8%
Sep 01
09:50
Mich Sentiment-Rev.
Aug
79.5
78.7
Sep 01
10:00
Construction Spending
Jul
0.0%
0.3%
Sep 01
10:00
ISM Index
Aug
55.0
54.7
