U.S. and LatAm calendar highlights data due this week

what happened

Dow Jones Newswires published the U.S. week-ahead calendar, with times shown in ET. On Tuesday, Oct. 13, releases include the September NFIB Small Business Optimism Index (98.7), existing-home sales (3.95M versus 3.98M previously), the monthly Treasury statement on government receipts and outlays (monthly balance -167B), and Johnson Redbook figures for 10/10: month-to-date retail sales at +8.3% year over year and the latest week at +8.6%.

Wednesday, Oct. 14, brings MBA mortgage applications for 10/09: a composite index of 204.7, down 4.2% week over week, a purchase index of 145.1, down 2.1%, and a refinancing index of 515.8, down 7.5%. September CPI is expected at +0.6% month over month versus +0.4% previously; core CPI is seen at +0.2% versus +0.3%. Annual CPI and core CPI are expected at +3.7% and +2.5%, compared with +3.4% and +2.4%. Real earnings, the Federal Reserve Beige Book and the API Weekly Statistical Bulletin are also scheduled.

Thursday, Oct. 15, features the October Empire State and Philadelphia Fed surveys, September retail sales, weekly unemployment claims, PPI, manufacturing and trade inventories and sales, EIA natural-gas and petroleum reports, and Federal Reserve appearances. Friday’s agenda includes import and export price indexes, U.S. weekly export sales, industrial production and capacity utilization, plus Treasury International Capital data. The Oct. 19–20 schedule includes the NAHB housing index, housing starts, building permits, pending home sales, state employment data and the API bulletin.

Dow Jones Newswires also lists Latin American releases. Argentina is due to report September CPI on Oct. 13 (+1.7% month over month), while Peru will release August trade data. On Oct. 15, Brazil is scheduled to publish August retail sales (-0.8% month over month, +1.2% year over year); Argentina will release capacity utilization and September PPI (+2.3% month over month); and Peru will report its trade balance (USD 3.308B), national production and the Lima metropolitan labor-market situation. Colombia is due to release August industrial production (-2.3% year over year) and retail trade (+5.3%) on Oct. 16.

why it matters

The calendar spans inflation, consumer demand, housing, industrial activity, energy inventories and Federal Reserve communications. The releases may shape views on economic momentum and monetary policy, while the Latin American data provide signals for regional currencies and bond markets.

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