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


 
DATE      TIME  RELEASE                       PERIOD     CONSENSUS    PREVIOUS 
Tuesday   1500  Consumer Credit                Mar     +$15.0B  (6)  +$14.1B 
Wednesday 1000  Wholesale Inventories          Mar      -0.4%   (5)   +0.5% 
Thursday  0830  Jobless Claims                 May 4     212K   (5)    208K 
Friday    1000  Consumer Sentiment             May       76.0   (8)    77.2* 
                  (Prelim) 
          1400  Monthly Federal Budget         Apr    +$262.5B  (3)  +$176B** 
 
*End-April Reading 
**April 2023 Reading 
 
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.) 
 
Write to Donna Huneke at dataweekahead@wsj.com 
 

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