Economic Calendar: March 26- March 30

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, March 26 10 a.m. New home sales for February Census Bureau .848M .995M .882M .937M 2:30 p.m. Treasury auction announcement Bureau of the Public Debt The Treasury announces the size of its next monthly two-year and five-year note auctions, next Wednesday and Thursday. Tuesday, March 27 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended March 24 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS +0.2% n.a. +0.4% +0.4% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended March 24, vs. February Redbook Research +4.3% n.a. +0.7% +0.5%* 10 a.m. Consumer Confidence Index for March Conference Board 107.2 109.0 111.2 112.5 Wednesday, March 28 8:30 a.m. Durable goods orders for February Census Bureau +2.5% +3.5% -9.3% -7.8% Ex-transportation -0.1% n.a. -4.0% -3.1% 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended March 23 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 671.1 n.a. 672.1 672.1 Purchase Index 411.1 n.a. 410.6 410.6 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended March 25 ABC News and Washington Post -2 n.a. -5 -5 9:30 a.m. Bernanke speech Federal Reserve The Fed chairman speaks to Joint Economic Commiteee on the topic: Economic Outlook 1:30 p.m. Treasury auction Bureau of the Public Debt The Treasury announces the results of its monthly two-year note auction, at which $10 billion of securities will be sold, with bids due at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 29 8:30 a.m. Gross domestic product for Q4 -- final Commerce Department +2.5% +2.2% see Actual +2.2% (Q4 - prelim.) -- +2.0% (Q3) Implicit price deflator +1.6% n.a. see Actual +1.6% (Q4 - prelim.) -- +1.9% (Q3) 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended March 24 Labor Department +308,000 +320,000 +318,000 +316,000 Four-week average +317,000 n.a. +324,000 +326,000 10 a.m. Help-Wanted Index for February Conference Board 31 31 32 32 1:30 p.m. Treasury refunding Bureau of the Public Debt The Treasury announces the results of its five-year note auction, at which $13 billion of securities will be sold, with bids due at 1 p.m. Friday, March 30 8:30 a.m. Personal income for February Commerce Department +0.6% +0.3% +1.0% +1.0% Consumption +0.6% +0.3% +0.5% +0.5% 10 a.m. Chicago Purchasing Managers' Index for March National Association of Purchasing Management -- Chicago 61.7 49.5 47.9 47.9 10 a.m. Construction spending for February Census Bureau +0.3% -0.6% -0.5% -0.8% 10 a.m. Consumer Sentiment Index for March -- final University of Michigan 88.4 88.8 see actual 88.8 (March prelim.) -- 91.3 (February) 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended March 23 Economic Cycle Research Institute +3.9% n.a. +3.8% +3.9% 12:30 p.m. Bernanke speech Federal Reserve The Fed chairman speaks to Federal Reserve System Community Affairs Conference on the topic: The Comminity Reinvestment Act

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