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Event | Previous | Forecast | Actual | |||||||||||||||
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| May, 14 07:00 |
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Goods Trade Balance
Goods Trade Balance
Since July 2015, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis has started publishing preliminary estimate of goods trade balance. This release will be 4-7 earlier than trade balance data. Growth in the reading favors the US dollar.
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-18.8 | -20.1 | - | ||||||||||||||
| May, 14 07:00 |
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Construction Output
Construction Output
Index demonstrates the situation in the construction sector; it shows output of products and business activity sizes in this sigment of economy. |
1.0%; -1.0% | -0.5% | - | ||||||||||||||
| May, 14 07:00 |
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Index of Services
Index of Services
The index tracks activity in services sector. |
0.5%; 0.5% | 0.6% | - | ||||||||||||||
| May, 14 07:00 |
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Business Investment
Business Investment
The change in capital expenditures made by private firms. Businesses only invest when they are optimistic about future economic growth and expect a profitable return on their investments. Because of this, increased capital expenditures usually reflect a higher level of consumer demand that induces companies to expand their productive capacity. Current Business Investment usually allow for higher GDP in the future. For these reasons Business Investment may lead economic growth. The headline number is the percentage change in investment from the previous quarter. |
-2.5%; 2.0% | 1.1% | - | ||||||||||||||
| May, 14 08:00 |
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CPI
CPI
Assesses changes in the cost of living by measuring changes in the prices of consumer items. The CPI is the headline inflation figure that indicates the strength of domestic inflationary pressures. |
3.2% | 3.2% | - | ||||||||||||||