What to Look Out for in Economic Data This Week (April…

What to Look Out for in Economic Data This Week (April 13-17)

Federal Reserve speakers dominate this week's earnings calendar, with at least one central banker slated to make an appearance each day. Inflation will be top of mind following a hot headline reading in the March Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, which will have Wall Street tracking Tuesday's release of the Producer Price Index (PPI) for additional signals of accelerating price growth.

Economic reports we're watching:

Tuesday, April 14: PPI and core PPI: Wholesale prices likely picked up in March, say Deutsche Bank economists.

Read on to see the entire weekly economic calendar of the most important upcoming economic reports scheduled to be released in the next several days. At times, we provide expanded previews and recaps for select reports.

Please check back often. This economic calendar is updated regularly. Bolded reports are those considered more noteworthy. All reporting times are in Eastern Time.

Monday (4/13)

Noteworthy economic reports
Time released	Economic report	Period
10 am	Existing home sales	March
6:20 pm	Fed Governor Stephen Miran speaks	N/A

Tuesday (4/14)

Noteworthy economic reports
Time released	Economic report	Period
8:30 am	Producer Price Index (PPI)	March
8:30 am	Core PPI	March
12:15 pm	Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee speaks	N/A
12:35 pm	Fed Governor Michael Barr speaks	N/A
1 pm	Boston Fed President Susan Collins speaks	N/A
1 pm	Philadelphia Fed President Anna Paulson speaks	N/A
1 pm	Richmond Fed President Thomas Barkin speaks	N/A

PPI and core PPI likely accelerated in March

The March CPI report showed a notable acceleration in inflation last month as the Iran war lit a fire under energy prices. Indeed, gas prices surged 21% and fuel oil was 31% higher than in February, which pushed headline CPI to its highest annual level in nearly two years.

That makes Tuesday morning's release of the PPI a key economic report to watch.

In February, PPI, which measures what businesses are charging suppliers for goods, was higher on an annual basis than what was seen in January (3.4% vs 2.9%), as was core PPI (3.9% vs 3.6%), which excludes volatile food and energy prices.

Deutsche Bank economists expect additional gains this time around for both headline and core PPI.

"More important will be the components of the PPI that feed into the core PCE deflator, the Fed's preferred inflation metric," the economists write. "Core consumer prices in March were somewhat softer than anticipated due to weakness in certain core goods and services components."

Still, this does not change their view of the inflation narrative. "Inflation in services excluding housing remains stubbornly elevated. At the same time, pass-through from tariffs and higher energy prices are clear upside risks going forward," they say.

Wednesday (4/15)

Noteworthy economic reports
Time released	Economic report	Period
8:30 am	Empire State Manufacturing Index	April
8:30 am	Fed Governor Michael Barr speaks	N/A
8:30 am	Import prices	March
10 am	NAHB Housing Market Index	April
1:45 pm	Fed Governor Michelle Bowman speaks	N/A
2 pm	Beige Book	N/A

Thursday (4/16)

Noteworthy economic reports
Time released	Economic report	Period
8:30 am	Weekly jobless claims	Week ending April 11
8:30 am	Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index	April
8:30 am	New York Fed President John Williams speaks	N/A
9:15 am	Capacity utilization rate	March
9:15 am	Industrial production	March
10:35 am	Fed Governor Stephen Miran speaks	N/A

Friday (4/17)

Noteworthy economic reports
Time released	Economic report	Period
11:30 am	San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly speaks	N/A
12:15 pm	Richmond Fed President Thomas Barkin speaks	N/A
2 pm	Fed Governor Christopher Waller speaks	N/A