Important economic events this week, April 14–18:
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
15:30
Core Retail Sales Index (m/m) (March)
Forecast: 0.4% | Previous: 0.3%
15:30
Retail Sales (m/m) (March)
Forecast: 1.4% | Previous: 0.2%
17:30
Crude Oil Inventories
Previous: 2.553 million barrels
20:15
Speech by Fed Chair Jerome Powell
Thursday, April 17, 2025
15:30
Initial Claims for Unemployment Benefits
Forecast: 225K | Previous: 223K
15:30
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index (April)
Forecast: 3.1 | Previous: 12.5
Friday, April 18, 2025
Public Holiday in the US — Good Friday
