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There is a full slate on Thursday’s US economic calendar | Forexlive

Right now the market only cares about the most-recent economic data release and that means tomorrow’s full slate of data could re-write the script a few times.

The highlight will be the January US retail sales report. There’s always a hangover from holiday spending but the numbers are seasonally adjusted for that. Eyes will be on the ‘control group’, which excludes autos, gasoline and building materials. That’s expected up 0.3% while the main headline is expected down 0.1%.

All times ET:

  1. 08:30 – Empire Fed Manufacturing (Feb)

    • Expected: -15.00

  2. 08:30 – Philly Fed Business Index (Feb)

    • Expected: -8.0

  3. 08:30 – Initial Jobless Clm (10 Feb, w/e)

    • Expected: 220k

    1. 08:30 – Import Prices MM (Jan)

      • Expected: 0.0%

    2. 08:30 – Export Prices MM (Jan)

      • Expected: -0.1%

  5. 09:15 – Industrial Production MM (Jan)

    • Expected: 0.3%

  6. 09:15 – Manuf Output MM (Jan)

    • Expected: 0.0%

  7. 10:00 – NAHB Housing Market Index (Feb)

    • Expected: 46

The lone Fed speaker is Waller at 1:15 pm ET. He’s speaking on the US dollar’s international role.