Key Events to Watch for:

Tuesday, February 16, 2021  

8:30 AM ET. February Empire State Manufacturing Survey

                       Mfg Idx (expected 5.9: previous 3.5)

                       Employment Idx (previous 11.2)

                       New Orders Idx (previous 6.6)

                       Prices Received (previous 15.2)

4:00 PM ET. December Treasury International Capital Data

5:00 PM ET. SEC Closed Meeting

Wednesday, February 17, 2021 

7:00 AM ET. MBA Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey

                       Composite Idx (previous 940.4)

                       Composite Idx, W/W% (previous -4.1%)

                       Purchase Idx-SA (previous 318.8)

                       Purchase Idx-SA, W/W% (previous -4.7%)

                       Refinance Idx (previous 4549.2)

                       Refinance Idx, W/W% (previous -4.2%)

7:45 AM ET. Weekly Chain Store Sales Index

8:30 AM ET. January Advance Monthly Sales for Retail & Food Services

                       Overall Sales-SA, M/M% (expected +1.0%; previous -0.7%)

                       Sales, Ex-Auto, M/M% (expected +0.9%; previous -1.4%)

                       Sales, Ex-Auto & Gas, M/M% (previous -2.1%)

8:30 AM ET. January PPI

                       PPI, M/M% (expected +0.5%; previous +0.3%)

                       Ex-Food & Energy PPI, M/M% (expected +0.2%; previous +0.1%)

                       Personal Consumption (previous +0.1%)

8:55 AM ET. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index

                       Ret Sales Mo-to-Date, M/M% (previous -2.5%)

                       Ret Sales Mo-to-Date, Y/Y% (previous +0.7%)

                       Latest Wk, Y/Y% (previous +0.7%)

9:15 AM ET. January Industrial Production & Capacity Utilization

                       Industrial Production, M/M% (expected +0.5%; previous +1.6%)

                       Capacity Utilization % (expected 74.8%; previous 74.5%)

                       Capacity Utilization, Net Chg (Pts) (previous +1.1)

10:00 AM ET. February NAHB Housing Market Index

                       Housing Mkt Idx (expected 83; previous 83)

10:00 AM ET. December Manufacturing & Trade: Inventories & Sales

                       Total Inventories (expected +0.5%; previous +0.5%)

11:00 AM ET. Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Q4 Household Debt and Credit Report

2:00 PM ET. Federal Open Market Committee meeting minutes published

4:30 PM ET. API Weekly Statistical Bulletin

                       Crude Stocks, Net Chg (Bbls) (previous -3.5M)

                       Gasoline Stocks, Net Chg (Bbls) (previous +4.8M)

                       Distillate Stocks, Net Chg (Bbls) (previous -0.5M)

Thursday, February 18, 2021 

8:30 AM ET. February Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Survey

                       Business Activity (expected 19.2; previous 26.5)

                       Prices Paid (previous 45.4)

                       Employment (previous 22.5)

                       New Orders (previous 30.0)

                       Prices Received (previous 36.6)

                       Delivery Times (previous 30.0)

                       Inventories (previous 12.6)

                       Shipments (previous 22.7)

8:30 AM ET. January New Residential Construction - Housing Starts and Building Permits

                       Total Starts (expected 1.66M; previous 1.669M)

                       Housing Starts, M/M% (expected -0.5%; previous +5.8%)

                       Building Permits (expected 1.67M; previous 1.709M)

                       Building Permits, M/M% (expected -2.3%; previous +4.5%)

8:30 AM ET. Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - Initial Claims

                       Jobless Claims (expected 770K; previous 793K)

                       Jobless Claims, Net Chg (previous -19K)

                       Continuing Claims (previous 4545000)

                       Continuing Claims, Net Chg (previous -145K)

8:30 AM ET. January Import & Export Price Indexes

                       Import Prices (expected +1.0%; previous +0.9%)

                       Non-Petroleum Prices (previous +0.4%)

                       Petroleum Prices (previous +9.1%)

9:45 AM ET. Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index

10:30 AM ET. EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report

                       Working Gas In Storage (Cbf) (previous 2518B)

                       Working Gas In Storage, Net Chg (Cbf) (previous -171B)

11:00 AM ET. EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report

                       Crude Oil Stocks (Bbl) (previous 469.014M)

                       Crude Oil Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl) (previous -6.645M)

                       Gasoline Stocks (Bbl) (previous 256.412M)

                       Gasoline Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl) (previous +4.259M)

                       Distillate Stocks (Bbl) (previous 161.106M)

                       Distillate Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl) (previous -1.732M)

                       Refinery Usage (previous 83.0%)

                       Total Prod Supplied (Bbl/day) (previous 20.183M)

                       Total Prod Supplied, Net Chg (Bbl/day) (previous +1.655M)

2:00 PM ET.  SEC Closed Meeting

4:30 PM ET.  Money Stock Measures

4:30 PM ET. Foreign Central Bank Holdings

4:30 PM ET. Federal Discount Window Borrowings

Friday, February 19, 2021 

8:30 AM ET. U.S. Weekly Export Sales

                       Corn (Metric Tons) (previous 460.9K)

                       Soybeans (Metric Tons) (previous 983.2K)

                       Wheat (Metric Tons) (previous 635.4K)

9:45 AM ET. February US Flash Manufacturing PMI

                       PMI, Mfg (expected 59.0; previous 59.1)

9:45 AM ET. February US Flash Services PMI

                       PMI, Services (expected 58.0; previous 57.5)

10:00 AM ET. January Existing Home Sales

                       Existing Sales (expected 6.66M; previous 6.76M)

                       Existing Sales, M/M% (expected -1.5%; previous +0.7%)

                       Unsold Homes Month's Supply (expected 1.9)

                       Median Price (USD) (expected 309800)

                       Median Home Price, Y/Y% (previous +12.9%)

10:00 AM ET. 4^th Quarter Advance Quarterly Services

10:00 AM ET. 4^th Quarter Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales

Monday, February 22, 2021  

8:30 AM ET. January CFNAI Chicago Fed National Activity Index

                       NAI (previous 0.52)

                       NAI, 3-mo Moving Avg (previous 0.61)

10:00 AM ET. January Leading Indicators

                       Leading Index, M/M% (previous +0.3%)

                       Leading Index (previous 109.5)

                       Coincident Index, M/M% (previous +0.3%)

                       Lagging Index, M/M%  (previous +0.1%)

10:30 AM ET. February Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey

                       Business Activity (previous 7.0)

                       Mfg Production Idx (previous 4.6)