Consumer Price Index Seen Up 3.3% Y/Y — 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                 Apr 4      210K   (16)  202K 
          0830  Real GDP (3rd Reading)         4Q        +0.7%   (16) +0.7%* 
          0830  GDP Prices (3rd Reading)       4Q        +3.8%   (4)  +3.8%* 
          0830  Personal Income                Feb       +0.3%   (19) +0.4% 
          0830  Consumer Spending              Feb       +0.6%   (16) +0.4% 
          0830  PCE Prices M/M                 Feb       +0.4%   (17) +0.3% 
          0830  PCE Prices Y/Y                 Feb       +2.8%   (10) +2.8% 
          0830  Core PCE Prices M/M            Feb       +0.4%   (19) +0.4% 
          0830  Core PCE Prices Y/Y            Feb       +3.0%   (11) +3.1% 
          1000  Wholesale Inventories          Feb       -0.2%   (9)  -0.5% 
Friday    0830  Consumer Price Index  M/M      Mar       +0.9%   (20) +0.3% 
          0830    -- ex food & energy M/M      Mar       +0.3%   (19) +0.2% 
          0830  Consumer Price Index  Y/Y      Mar       +3.3%   (11) +2.4% 
          0830    -- ex food & energy Y/Y      Mar       +2.7%   (10) +2.5% 
          1000  Factory Orders                 Feb       -0.1%   (11) +0.1% 
          1000  Consumer Sentiment             Apr        52.0   (16)  53.3 
                  (prelim) 
          1400  Monthly Federal Budget         Mar      -$152.5B (3) -$161B** 
 
*4Q 2nd Reading 
**March 2025 Reading 
 
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.) 
 
Write to Donna Huneke at dataweekahead@wsj.com 

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April 07, 2026 10:14 ET (14:14 GMT)