Forecasts for the
Weeks of July 2 and July 9, 2007
(preliminary)
Forecast Previous
Period
Week of July 2
July 2
ISM Index - Jun 58.0 59.7
July 3
Factory Orders - May -1.2% 0.3
Durable Goods Orders-May(r) -2.8%
0.8
Nondurable Goods Orders 0.5% -0.2
Pending Home Sales - May 103.0 101.4
Auto Sales (SAAR) 16.06m 16.16
Car Sales - June 7.91m 7.96 Domestic
5.46m 5.49
Truck Sales - June 8.15m 8.20
Domestic 6.79m 6.82
July 5
ADP Employment 80k 97
ISM Services Index - June 58.0
59.7
Initial Jobless Claims 315k 313
July 6
Non-farm Payrolls - May 120k 157k
Unemployment Rate - May 4.5% 4.5
Ave. Hourly Earnings - May 0.3% 0.3
Ave. Work Week - May 33.8 33.9
Week of July 9
July 9
Consumer Credit - May $6.0b 2.6
July 10
Wholesale Inventories - May 0.4% 0.3
July 12
International Trade Bal - May
-$62.2b -58.5
July 13
Retail Sales - June 0.4% 1.4
Retail Sales, ex autos - June 0.6%
1.3
Business Inventories - June 0.2%
0.4
Mich Cons Sentiment - July(p) 84.0
85.3
