What to Watch in the Day Ahead — Friday, October 16
(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 Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics is expected to release US import and export price data for September. Import prices likely rose 0.8% month-on-month, after a 0.7% increase in the prior month, while export prices are forecast to have risen 1% after increasing 0.6% in August. Additionally, the Federal Reserve is expected to report that industrial production increased 0.4% last month after being flat in August. Capacity utilization, meanwhile, is seen rising to 76.5% from 76.3%. Separately, Exxon Mobil, in a regulatory filing before the market opens, will detail the factors that affected its third-quarter earnings. In Canada, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation is scheduled to release housing starts data, with annualized housing starts expected at 232,500 units in September, up from 229,000 in August. (Compiled by Imran Zafar; Edited by Diti Pujara)
(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 Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics is expected to release US import and export price data for September.
Import prices likely rose 0.8% month-on-month, after a 0.7% increase in the prior month, while export prices are forecast to have risen 1% after increasing 0.6% in August. Additionally, the Federal Reserve is expected to report that industrial production increased 0.4% last month after being flat in August. Capacity utilization, meanwhile, is seen rising to 76.5% from 76.3%. Separately, Exxon Mobil, in a regulatory filing before the market opens, will detail the factors that affected its third-quarter earnings.
In Canada, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation is scheduled to release housing starts data, with annualized housing starts expected at 232,500 units in September, up from 229,000 in August. (Compiled by Imran Zafar; Edited by Diti Pujara)