United States Economic Calendar for October 18, 2024

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

UNITED STATES ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Fri., Oct 18				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	12:00 AM	Monthly Budget Statement	SEP	64B	-	-380.1B

	USD	08:30 AM	Housing Starts (M-o-M)	SEP	1354K	1335K	1361 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Building Permits (M-o-M)	SEP	1428K	1425K	1470 (R)K

	USD	01:00 PM	Baker Hughes - Rig Count	OCT 18	585	-	586
Mon., Oct 21				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:00 AM	Lagging Index	SEP	0.1%	-	-0.2 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Coincidence Index	SEP	-0.3%	-	0.3%

	USD	10:00 AM	Leading Index	SEP	-0.5%	-0.3%	-0.3 (R)%
Tue., Oct 22				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:00 AM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	OCT	-14	-18	-21
Wed., Oct 23				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Price	SEP	404.5M	-	414.2 (R)M

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Inventories	SEP	1.39M	-	1.37 (R)M

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Sales	SEP	3.84M	3.89M	3.88 (R)M

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	OCT 18	426.0M	-	420.5M
Thu., Oct 24				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	OCT 19	227K	245K	242 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	OCT 19	238.50K	-	236.50 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	OCT 19	1860.75K	-	1843.25 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	OCT 19	1897K	1875K	1869 (R)K

	USD	09:45 AM	PMI Composite	OCT P	54.3	-	54.0

	USD	09:45 AM	PMI Manufacturing	OCT P	47.8	47.5	47.3

	USD	09:45 AM	PMI Services	OCT P	53.3	53.5	55.2

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Median Prices	SEP	426.3K	-	410.9 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Units	SEP	738K	712.5K	709 (R)K

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	OCT 18	3785B	-	3705B
Fri., Oct 25				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Transportation (M-o-M)	SEP	0.4%	-	0.6 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Defense (M-o-M)	SEP	-1.1%	-	-1.3%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders (M-o-M)	SEP	-0.8%	-0.10%	-0.8 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Univ. of Mich. Consumer Confidence Index	OCT F	70.5	67	68.9

	USD	01:00 PM	Baker Hughes - Rig Count	OCT 25	585	-	585
Tue., Oct 29				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-20 (Y-o-Y)	AUG	5.2%	5%	5.9%

	USD	09:00 AM	House Price Index (M-o-M)	AUG	0.3%	-	0.1%

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index	AUG	325.03	-	325.78

	USD	10:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	OCT	108.7	99.5	99.2 (R)
Wed., Oct 30				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:15 AM	ADP Employment Change	OCT	233K	107.5K	143K

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q3	3.0%	-	2.7%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Q-o-Q)	Q3	3.7%	-	2.8%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q3	2.7%	-	2.7%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q3	2.8%	3.15%	3.0%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q3	2.7%	-	3.0%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP Deflator (Q-o-Q)	Q3	1.8%	-	2.5%

	USD	10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales (Y-o-Y)	SEP	2.6%	-	-3.0%

	USD	10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales (M-o-M)	SEP	7.4%	1.1%	0.6%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	OCT 25	425.5M	-	426.0M
Thu., Oct 31				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Employment Cost Index	Q3	0.8%	0.9%	0.9%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Income (M-o-M)	SEP	0.3%	0.30%	0.2%

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United States Economic Calendar for October 18, 2024

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FOREX NEWS

Euro Drops As Middle East War Continues

Euro Drops Against Most Majors

Pound Falls As U.K. Economy Stagnates

Pound Falls Against Majors

Commodity Currencies Slide Amid Middle East War

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

U.S. Consumer Sentiment Dips In March Due To Middle East Conflict

U.S. Job Openings Increase More Than Expected In January

U.S. Economy Grows Much Less Than Previously Estimated In Q4

U.S. Durable Goods Orders Unexpectedly Flat In January

U.S. PCE Price Index Rises In Line With Estimates In January, Annual Growth Unexpectedly Slows