Consumer Sentiment Seen Down — Data Week Ahead

The following are median forecasts for this week's remaining U.S. data from a survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal.

Forecasts were last updated Monday afternoon.

 
DATE      TIME  RELEASE                       PERIOD     CONSENSUS    PREVIOUS 
Thursday  0830  Jobless Claims                 May 4     214K   (18)   208K 
Friday    1000  Consumer Sentiment             May       76.0   (20)   77.2* 
                  (Prelim) 
          1400  Monthly Federal Budget         Apr    +$225.0B  (7)  +$176B** 
 
*End-April Reading 
**April 2023 Reading 
 
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.) 
 
Write to Donna Huneke at dataweekahead@wsj.com