Economic Calendar: January 8-January 12

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, January 8 2:30 p.m. TIPS auction announcement Bureau of the Public Debt The Treasury announces the size of its next auction of 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS, next Thursday. Tuesday, January 9 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended January 6 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS +0.7% n.a. +0.3% +0.3% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended January 6, vs. December Redbook Research +2.9% n.a. +1.7% +1.7%* Wednesday, January 10 8:30 a.m. International trade for November Commerce Department -$58.2B -$59.5B -$58.8B -$58.9B 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended January 5 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 671.1 n.a. 575.6 575.6 Purchase Index 472.8 n.a. 406.9 406.9 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended January 7 ABC News and Washington Post -5 n.a. -3 -3 Thursday, January 11 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended January 6 Labor Department +299,000 +320,000 +325,000 +329,000 Four-week average +315,000 n.a. +317,000 +318,000 1:30 p.m. TIPS auction Bureau of the Public Debt The Treasury announces the results of its auction of 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS, at which $9 billion of securities will be sold, with bids due at 1 p.m. Friday, January 12 8:30 a.m. Retail sales for December Census Bureau +0.9% +0.7% +0.6% +1.0% Ex-autos +1.0% +0.5% +0.7% +1.1% 8:30 a.m. Import Price Index for December Labor Department +1.1% n.a. +0.5% +0.2% Export Price Index +0.7% n.a. +0.4% +0.4% 10 a.m. Business inventories for November Census Bureau +0.4% +0.3% +0.2% +0.4% 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended January 5 Economic Cycle Research Institute +4.0% n.a. +3.7% +3.7% 2 p.m. Federal budget for December FY '07 Treasury Department $44.5B $24.0B $11.2B $11.2B (December FY '06)

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