Unemployment Rate Seen Holding at 6.7% -- Data Week Ahead

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

 
DATE      TIME  RELEASE                    PERIOD     CONSENSUS    PREVIOUS 
          (ET) 
Monday    0945  Markit Mfg PMI              Jan       N/A           59.1* 
          1000  ISM Mfg PMI                 Jan       60.0   (14)   60.7 
          1000  Construction Spending       Dec      +0.8%   (7)   +0.9% 
Wednesday 0815  ADP Jobs                    Jan      +48K    (8)   -123K 
          0945  Markit Services PMI         Jan       N/A           57.5* 
          1000  ISM Non-Mfg PMI             Jan       57.0   (13)   57.2 
Thursday  0830  Jobless Claims              Jan 30    830K   (8)    847K 
          0830  Productivity (Prelim)       4Q       -2.8%   (11)  +4.6%** 
          0830  Unit Labor Costs (Prelim)   4Q       +5.0%   (10)  -6.6%** 
          1000  Factory Orders              Dec      +0.8%   (6)   +1.0% 
Friday    0830  Nonfarm Payrolls            Jan      +105K   (14)  -140K 
          0830  Unemployment Rate           Jan       6.7%   (14)   6.7% 
          0830  Avg. Hourly Wages M/M***    Jan      +0.3%   (12)  +0.78% 
          0830  Avg. Hourly Wages Y/Y***    Jan      +5.2%   (6)   +5.08% 
          0830  U.S. Trade Deficit          Dec      $65.7B  (12)   $68.14B 
          1500  Consumer Credit             Dec     +$13.0B  (5)   +$15.3B 
 
*Jan Flash Reading 
**3Q Revised Reading 
***all private-sector workers 
 
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.) 
 

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