Trade Deficit Seen Widening -- Data Week Update

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

 
DATE      TIME  RELEASE                      PERIOD     CONSENSUS    PREVIOUS 
          (ET) 
Tuesday   0830  U.S. Trade Deficit            Dec      $68.5B   (23)  $61.51B 
          1500  Consumer Credit               Dec     +$26.0B   (12) +$27.9B 
Wednesday 1000  Wholesale Inventories         Dec      +0.1%    (11)  +1.0% 
Thursday  0830  Jobless Claims                Feb 4     190K    (20)   183K 
Friday    1000  Consumer Sentiment            Feb       65.1    (22)   64.9* 
                  (Prelim) 
          1400  Monthly Federal Budget        Jan     -$63.0B   (5)  +$119B** 
 
*End-Jan Reading 
**Jan 2022 Reading 
 
 (Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.) 
 

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