Economic Calendar for the Week of May 27

Economic Calendar for the Week of May 27 – May 31

Economic Calendar for the Week of May 27 – May 31

Date	Time (ET)	Release	For	Consensus	Prior	Impact
Tu May 28	10:00	Consumer Confidence	May	72.5	68.1	Moderate
Th May 30	08:30	Initial Unemployment Claims	5/25	340K	340K	Moderate
Th May 30	08:30	Continuing Unemployment Claims	5/18	3.000M	2.912M	Moderate
Th May 30	08:30	GDP – 2nd Estimate	Q1	2.5%	2.5%	Moderate
Th May 30	08:30	GDP Deflator – 2nd Estimate	Q1	1.2%	1.2%	Moderate
Th May 30	10:00	Pending Home Sales	Apr	1.5%	1.5%	Moderate
Th May 30	11:00	Crude Inventories	5/25	NA	–0.338M	Moderate
F May 31	08:30	Personal Income	Apr	0.1%	0.2%	Moderate
F May 31	08:30	Personal Spending	Apr	0.1%	0.2%	HIGH
F May 31	08:30	PCE Prices – Core	Apr	0.1%	0.0%	HIGH
F May 31	09:45	Chicago PMI	May	49.3	49.0	HIGH
F May 31	09:55	U. of Michigan Consumer Sentiment – Final	May	83.7	83.7	Moderate

>> Federal Reserve Watch

Forecasting Federal Reserve policy changes in coming months... Some investors worry the Fed's super low Funds Rate could rise sooner, but economists expect no changes before the end of the year. Note: In the lower chart, a 1% probability of change is a 99% certainty the rate will stay the same.

Current Fed Funds Rate: 0%–0.25%

After FOMC meeting on:	Consensus
Jun 19	0%–0.25%
Jul 31	0%–0.25%
Sep 18	0%–0.25%

Probability of change from current policy:

After FOMC meeting on:	Consensus
Jun 19	<1 td="">
Jul 31	<1 td="">
Sep 18	<1 td="">

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