by Calculated Risk on 9/06/2025 08:11:00 AM
The key economic report this week is the August Consumer Price Index (CPI).
The BLS will release the preliminary employment benchmark revision on Tuesday.
—– Monday, September 8th —–
No major economic releases scheduled.
—– Tuesday, September 9th —–
6:00 AM: NFIB Small Business Optimism Index for August.
10:00 AM: the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will release the Current Employment Statistics Preliminary Benchmark (National) for March 2025.
—– Wednesday, September 10th —–
7:00 AM ET: The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.
8:30 AM: The Producer Price Index for August from the BLS. The consensus is for a 0.3% increase in PPI, and a 0.3% increase in core PPI.
—– Thursday, September 11th —–
8:30 AM: The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for initial claims to increase to 240 thousand from 237 thousand last week.
8:30 AM: The Consumer Price Index for August from the BLS. The consensus is for a 0.3% increase in CPI, and a 0.3% increase in core CPI. The consensus is for CPI to be up 2.9% year-over-year (up from 2.7% in July) and core CPI to be up 3.1% YoY (unchanged from 3.1% in July).
12:00 PM: Q2 Flow of Funds Accounts of the United States from the Federal Reserve.
—– Friday, September 12th —–
10:00 AM: University of Michigan’s Consumer sentiment index (Preliminary for September).