Important economic events this week (December 15–21, 2025)

Tuesday, December 16, 2025.

- 16:30 — Average hourly earnings (month over month, November)
Forecast: +0.2%

- 16:30 — Core retail sales (month over month, October)
Forecast: +0.3% (previous: +0.3%)

- 16:30 — Change in non-farm payrolls (November)
Forecast: +119,000.

- 16:30 — Retail sales (month over month, October)
Forecast: +0.2% (previous: +0.2%)

- 16:30 — Unemployment rate (November)
Forecast: 4.4% (previous: 4.4%)

- 17:45 — Manufacturing PMI (preliminary data for December)
Forecast: 52.2

- 17:45 — Services PMI (preliminary data for December)
Forecast: 54.1

Wednesday, December 17, 2025.

- 18:30 — Crude oil inventories (EIA)
Forecast: -1.812 million barrels

Thursday, December 18, 2025.

- 16:30 — Core Consumer Price Index (month over month, November)
Forecast: +0.2%

- 16:30 — Consumer Price Index (month over month, November)
Forecast: +0.3%

- 16:30 — Consumer Price Index (year over year, November)
Forecast: +3.0%

- 16:30 — Initial claims for unemployment benefits
Forecast: 236,000.

- 16:30 — Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index (December)
Forecast: -1.7

Friday, December 19, 2025.

- 16:30 — Core Personal Consumption Expenditures Index (PCE, month over month, October)
Forecast: +0.2%

- 16:30 — Core Personal Consumption Expenditures Index (PCE, year over year, October)
Forecast: +2.8%

- 18:00 — Existing home sales (November)
Forecast: 4.10 million

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