The key reports this week are July CPI, Housing starts and Retail sales.



For manufacturing, the Industrial Production report and the August New York and Philly Fed manufacturing surveys will be released.





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No major economic releases scheduled.6:00 AM ET: NFIBfor July.8:30 AM: Thefrom the BLS. The consensus is for a 0.2% increase in CPI, and a 0.2% increase in core CPI.11:00 AM: NY Fed:7:00 AM ET: The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the8:30 AM: Thereport will be released. The consensus is for 208 thousand initial claims, down from 209 thousand last week. 8:30 AM:for July is scheduled to be released. The consensus is for 0.3% increase in retail sales.This graph shows the year-over-year change in retail sales and food service (ex-gasoline) since 1993. Retail and Food service sales, ex-gasoline, increased by 3.9% on a YoY basis in June.8:30 AM: The New York Fedfor August. The consensus is for a reading of 2.5, down from 4.3.8:30 AM: thefor August. The consensus is for a reading of 11.1, down from 21.8. 9:15 AM: The Fed will releasefor July.This graph shows industrial production since 1967.The consensus is for a 0.1% increase in Industrial Production, and for Capacity Utilization to decrease to 77.8%.10:00 AM: The August. The consensus is for a reading of 66, up from 65. Any number above 50 indicates that more builders view sales conditions as good than poor. 8:30 AM ET:for July.This graph shows single and total housing starts since 1968.The consensus is for 1.260 million SAAR, up from 1.253 million SAAR in June.10:00 AM:(Preliminary for August).10:00 AM:(Monthly) for July 2019