Recent Key Economic Indicators: Dec 16 - 20, 2024
Release Date		Economic Indicator/Event	Data for Period	Units	Current	Prior
United States
Dec 16		Empire Manufacturing	Dec	Index	0.2	31.2
Dec 16		S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI	Dec	Index	48.3	49.7
Dec 16		S&P Global US Services PMI	Dec	Index	58.5	56.1
Dec 16		S&P Global US Composite PMI	Dec	Index	56.6	54.9
Dec 17		NAHB Housing Market Index	Dec	Index	46.0	46.0
Dec 17		Retail Sales Advance	Nov	M/M % Chg.	0.7	0.5
Dec 17		Retail Sales Ex Auto and Gas	Nov	M/M % Chg.	0.2	0.2
Dec 17		Industrial Production	Nov	M/M % Chg.	-0.1	-0.4
Dec 17		Capacity Utilization	Nov	%	76.8	77.0
Dec 17		Manufacturing (SIC) Production	Nov	M/M % Chg.	0.2	-0.7
Dec 17		Business Inventories	Oct	M/M % Chg.	0.1	0.0
Dec 18		FOMC Rate Decision (Upper Bound)	Dec 18	%	4.50	4.75
Dec 18		Housing Starts	Nov	Thsd	1289.0	1312.0
Dec 18		Building Permits	Nov	Thsd	1505.0	1419.0
Dec 19		Initial Jobless Claims	Dec 14	Thsd	220.0	242.0
Dec 19		Existing Home Sales	Nov	Mlns	4.15	3.96
Dec 19		Gross Domestic Product (Annualized)	Q3	Q/Q % Chg.	3.1	2.8
Dec 19		Personal Consumption	Q3	Q/Q % Chg.	3.7	3.5
Dec 20		Personal Income	Nov	M/M % Chg.	0.3	0.7
Dec 20		Real Personal Spending	Nov	M/M % Chg.	0.3	0.1
Dec 20		PCE Price Index	Nov	M/M % Chg.	0.1	0.2
Dec 20		PCE Price Index	Nov	Y/Y % Chg.	2.4	2.3
Dec 20		Core PCE Price Index	Nov	M/M % Chg.	0.1	0.3
Dec 20		Core PCE Price Index	Nov	Y/Y % Chg.	2.8	2.8
Canada
Dec 16		Housing Starts	Nov	Thsd	262.4	242.2
Dec 16		Existing Home Sales	Nov	M/M % Chg.	2.8	7.7
Dec 17		Consumer Price Index NSA	Nov	M/M % Chg.	0.0	0.4
Dec 17		Consumer Price Index	Nov	Y/Y % Chg.	1.9	2.0
Dec 17		CPI-Median	Nov	Y/Y % Chg.	2.6	2.6
Dec 17		CPI-Trim	Nov	Y/Y % Chg.	2.7	2.7
Dec 19		CFIB Business Barometer	Dec	Index	56.4	59.8
Dec 19		Payroll Employment Change (SEPH)	Oct	Thsd	-21.1	-23.3
Dec 20		Retail Sales	Oct	M/M % Chg.	0.6	0.6
Dec 20		Retail Sales Ex Auto	Oct	M/M % Chg.	0.1	1.1
International
Dec 17	UK	ILO Unemployment Rate (3 Mths.)	Oct	%	4.3	4.3
Dec 18	EZ	Consumer Price Index	Nov	Y/Y % Chg.	2.2	2.0
Dec 18	UK	Consumer Price Index	Nov	Y/Y % Chg.	2.6	2.3
Dec 19	JN	National Consumer Price Index	Nov	Y/Y % Chg.	2.9	2.3
Dec 19	UK	Bank of England Bank Rate	Dec 19	%	4.75	4.75
Dec 20	UK	Retail Sales Ex Auto Fuel	Nov	Y/Y % Chg.	0.1	1.6
Source: Bloomberg, TD Economics.