Economic Calendar: April 2-April 6

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, April 2 10 a.m. ISM Index - Manufacturing for March Institute for Supply Management 50.9 51.0 52.3 52.3 Tuesday, April 3 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended March 31 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS +0.3% n.a. +0.2% +0.2% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended March 31, vs. February Redbook Research +0.9%* n.a. +0.9%* +0.7%* Wednesday, April 4 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended March 30 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 649.5 n.a. 671.0 671.0 Purchase Index 402.9 n.a. 411.1 411.1 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended April 1 ABC News and Washington Post -5 n.a. -2 -2 10 a.m. Factory orders for February Census Bureau +1.0% +1.9% -5.7% -5.6% 10 a.m. ISM Services - Non-Manufacturing for March Institute for Supply Management 52.4 54.7 54.3 54.3 Thursday, April 5 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended March 31 Labor Department +321,000 +320,000 +310,000 +308,000 Four-week average +316,000 n.a. +317,000 +317,000 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. Friday, April 6 8:30 a.m. Nonfarm payrolls for March Labor Department +180,000 +135,000 +113,000 +97,000 Average hourly earnings +0.3% +0.3% +0.4% +0.4% Unemployment rate +4.4% +4.6% +4.5% +4.5% Augmented unemployment rate +7.1% n.a. +7.3% +7.3% Pool of available workers 11M n.a. 12M 12M 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended March 30 Economic Cycle Research Institute +3.9% n.a. +4.0% +3.9%

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