Treasury yields opened the day slightly lower and haven’t shifted much after the release of two data reports.
The October Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 0.2% m/m, which is in line with expectations, but the core reading was slightly firmer than expected at 0.3% m/m. Initial jobless claims fell to 217,000 last week, slightly below expectations. In other news, Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick has reportedly been making a late pitch to Trump to be Treasury Secretary in recent days. This comes after hedge fund manager Scott Bessent’s name was floated recently as the leading candidate. Lutnick was perhaps the most noteworthy Wall Street supporter of Trump during the campaign and was tapped to co-chair the transition team.
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| Date | Event | Survey | Actual | Prior | Revised |
| 11/14/2024 | PPI Final Demand MoM | 0.20% | 0.20% | 0.00% | 0.10% |
| 11/14/2024 | PPI Ex Food and Energy MoM | 0.20% | 0.30% | 0.20% | — |
| 11/14/2024 | PPI Ex Food, Energy, Trade MoM | 0.20% | 0.30% | 0.10% | — |
| 11/14/2024 | PPI Final Demand YoY | 2.30% | 2.40% | 1.80% | 1.90% |
| 11/14/2024 | PPI Ex Food and Energy YoY | 3.00% | 3.10% | 2.80% | 2.90% |
| 11/14/2024 | PPI Ex Food, Energy, Trade YoY | — | 3.50% | 3.20% | 3.30% |
| 11/14/2024 | Initial Jobless Claims | 220k | 217k | 221k | — |
| 11/14/2024 | Continuing Claims | 1873k | 1873k | 1892k | 1884k |
| 11/15/2024 | Empire Manufacturing | 0 | — | -11.9 | — |
| 11/15/2024 | Retail Sales Advance MoM | 0.30% | — | 0.40% | — |
| 11/15/2024 | Retail Sales Ex Auto MoM | 0.30% | — | 0.50% | — |
| 11/15/2024 | Retail Sales Ex Auto and Gas | 0.30% | — | 0.70% | — |
| 11/15/2024 | Retail Sales Control Group | 0.30% | — | 0.70% | — |
| 11/15/2024 | Import Price Index MoM | -0.10% | — | -0.40% | — |
| 11/15/2024 | Import Price Index ex Petroleum MoM | 0.10% | — | 0.20% | — |
| 11/15/2024 | Import Price Index YoY | 0.30% | — | -0.10% | — |
| 11/15/2024 | Export Price Index MoM | -0.10% | — | -0.70% | — |
| 11/15/2024 | Export Price Index YoY | -1.70% | — | -2.10% | — |
| 11/15/2024 | Industrial Production MoM | -0.30% | — | -0.30% | — |
| 11/15/2024 | Capacity Utilization | 77.10% | — | 77.50% | — |
| 11/15/2024 | Manufacturing (SIC) Production | -0.50% | — | -0.40% | — |
| 11/15/2024 | Business Inventories | 0.20% | — | 0.30% | — |
| 11/18/2024 | New York Fed Services Business Activity | — | — | -2.2 | — |
| 11/18/2024 | NAHB Housing Market Index | 44 | — | 43 | — |
| 11/18/2024 | Total Net TIC Flows | — | — | $79.2b | — |
| 11/18/2024 | Net Long-term TIC Flows | — | — | $111.4b | — |
| 11/19/2024 | Housing Starts | 1340k | — | 1354k | — |
| 11/19/2024 | Building Permits | 1435k | — | 1428k | 1425k |
| 11/19/2024 | Housing Starts MoM | -1.00% | — | -0.50% | — |
| 11/19/2024 | Building Permits MoM | 0.50% | — | -2.90% | -3.10% |
| 11/20/2024 | MBA Mortgage Applications | — | — | 0.50% | — |
| 11/21/2024 | Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook | 5.9 | — | 10.3 | — |
| 11/21/2024 | Initial Jobless Claims | — | — | 217k | — |
| 11/21/2024 | Continuing Claims | — | — | 1873k | — |
| 11/21/2024 | Leading Index | -0.30% | — | -0.50% | — |
| 11/21/2024 | Existing Home Sales | 3.88m | — | 3.84m | — |
| 11/21/2024 | Existing Home Sales MoM | 1.00% | — | -1.00% | — |
| 11/21/2024 | Kansas City Fed Manf. Activity | — | — | -4 | — |