What’s Happening In the Markets This Week

Economic Releases Scheduled for the Coming Week

Tuesday, March 10

• February Existing Home Sales (seasonally adjusted annual rate) — FactSet consensus 3,780K vs. 3,910K in January

Wednesday, March 11

• February Consumer Price Index report
  • CPI (month to month) — FactSet consensus 0.2% vs. 0.2% in January
  • Core CPI (month to month) — FactSet consensus 0.28% vs. 0.30% in January
  • CPI (year over year) — FactSet consensus 2.4% vs. 2.4% in January
  • Core CPI (year over year) — FactSet consensus 1.5% vs. 2.5% in January

Thursday, March 12

• Housing Starts (seasonally adjusted annual rate) — FactSet consensus 1,320K vs. 1,404K in December
• Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims report for the week ended March 7 — FactSet consensus 215K vs. 213K for the week ended Feb. 28

Friday, March 13

• January Durable Orders (month to month) — FactSet consensus 0.55% vs. -1.4% in December
• Q4 GDP (seasonally adjusted annual rate) — FactSet consensus 2.0% vs. 1.4% in Q3
• January Personal Income and Outlays report
  • Personal Income (month to month) — FactSet consensus 0.4% vs. 0.3% in December
  • Personal Consumption Expenditure (month to month) — FactSet consensus N/A vs. 0.4% in December
  • PCE Deflator (year over year) — FactSet consensus 2.8% vs. 2.9% in December
  • Core PCE Deflator (year over year) — FactSet consensus 2.9% vs. 3.0% in December

Company Earnings

• Tuesday, March 10: Oracle ORCL
• Wednesday, March 11: Groupon GRPN
• Thursday, March 12: Adobe ADBE