What to Watch in the Day Ahead — Thursday, October 15
(The Day Ahead is an email and PDF publication that includes the day's major stories and events, analyses and other features. To receive The Day Ahead, Workspace/Eikon users can register at DAY/US. Thomson One users can register at RT/DAY/US. All times in ET/GMT) The US commerce department's Census Bureau is scheduled to release data for September retail sales, which expectedly rose 0.3% month-on-month, slowing from a 1.2% rise in August. Meanwhile, retail sales excluding autos are forecast to have risen 0.5% after a 1.4% gain in the previous month. The Bureau of Labor Statistics will also release September producer price index (PPI) data. PPI is expected to have risen 0.5% month-on-month, from 0.4% in August, while the annual rate is projected to ease to 5.3% from 5.4%. Core PPI, which excludes food and energy, is forecast to increase 0.3% on the month and 4.4% year-on-year. The Labor Department will also release weekly jobless claims figures. Initial claims for the week ended October 10 are expected to edge up to 200,000 from 197,000 in the prior week, while continuing claims are forecast at 1.710 million. The Census Bureau will also publish data for business inventories in Augus
(The Day Ahead is an email and PDF publication that includes the day's major stories and events, analyses and other features. To receive The Day Ahead, Workspace/Eikon users can register at DAY/US. Thomson One users can register at RT/DAY/US. 2% rise in August.
4% gain in the previous month. The Bureau of Labor Statistics will also release September producer price index (PPI) data. 4%. 4% year-on-year.
The Labor Department will also release weekly jobless claims figures. 710 million. 8% increase in July. Tesla is set to unveil its long-delayed Roadster, nearly a decade after first revealing the next-generation version of its original electric sports car.
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh is scheduled to participate in a fireside chat at the International Monetary Fund Annual Meeting in Bangkok (2330/0330). Separately, Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack will speak on "Leadership and Career Journey" at a fireside discussion hosted by Goldman Sachs and Girls Who Code in New York (1630/2030). In Canada, Statistics Canada is due to release August manufacturing sales and wholesale trade data. 3% increase in the prior month.
In Latin America, Brazil's Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) will release August retail sales figures. 8% in July. 2% growth previously. (Compiled by Imran Zafar; Edited by Diti Pujara)