Atlanta, GA Market Update - Week Ahead

The week of November 15 - 19 is full of economic reports.

Monday morning had the release of Retails Sales and the Empire State Index.  Tuesday morning will see the release of the Producer Price Index (PPI), the Core Producer Price Index (PPI), Industrial Production, and Capacity Utilization reports. 

Building Permits, Housing Starts, Consumer Price Index (CPI), and Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) reports will all be announced Wednesday morning.  On Friday morning, Jobless Claims (Initial), Index of Leading Economic Ind (LEI), and the Philadelphia Fed Index will be released. 

Reports that are better than expected will typically case interest rates to rise.  Should the reports be weaker than expected, that could lead to an improvement in rates.