The following are forecasts for next week's U.S. data from a survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal.

 
DATE      TIME  RELEASE                    PERIOD     CONSENSUS    PREVIOUS 
          (ET) 
Tuesday   0600  NFIB Small Business Svy     Jul       106.8  (3)    107.2 
          0830  Import Prices               Jul      -0.1%   (6)   -0.4% 
Wednesday 0830  Retail Sales                Jul      +0.1%   (12)  +0.5% 
                  -- ex autos               Jul      +0.3%   (12)  +0.4% 
          0830  Productivity (Prelim)       2Q       +2.2%   (12)  +0.4%* 
          0830  Unit Labor Costs (Prelim)   2Q       +0.5%   (12)  +2.9%* 
          0830  NY Fed Empire St Svy        Aug       20.0   (5)    22.6 
          0915  Industrial Production       Jul      +0.3%   (14)  +0.6% 
          0915  Capacity Utilization        Jul       78.1%  (12)   78.0% 
          1000  Business Inventories        Jun      +0.1%   (9)   +0.4% 
          1000  Housing Mkt Index           Aug       67     (7)    68 
Thursday  0830  Jobless Claims              Aug 11    216K   (7)    213K 
          0830  Housing Starts              Jul       1.26M  (14)   1.173M 
                  -- percent change                  +7.4%         -12.3% 
          0830  Building Permits            Jul       1.30M  (8)    1.273M 
                  -- percent change                  +2.1%         -2.2% 
          0830  Phila Fed Mfg Svy           Aug       21.8   (6)    25.7 
Friday    1000  Consumer Sentiment          Aug       97.7   (10)   97.9** 
                  (Prelim) 
          1000  Leading Index               Jul      +0.4%   (10)  +0.5% 
 
*1Q Revised Reading 
**End-July Reading 
 
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.) 
 

Write to Donna Huneke at dataweekahead@wsj.com

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August 10, 2018 14:18 ET (18:18 GMT)