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Monday, December 7
12:45 p.m. Bernanke speech Federal Reserve The Fed chairman speaks to Economic Club of Washington on the topic: Federal Reserve Frequently Asked Questions
Tuesday, December 8
9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended December 5 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS -1.3% n.a. -0.1% -0.1%
9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended December 5, vs. November Redbook Research +1.2% n.a. -5.2% -5.2%*
Wednesday, December 9
9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended Deember 4 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association -- n.a. -- 613.7
Purchase Index -- n.a. -- 232.3
9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended December 6 ABC News and Washington Post -- n.a. -- -45
Thursday, December 10
8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended December 5 Labor Department -- +465,000 -- +457,000
Four-week average -- n.a. -- +481,000
8:30 a.m. International trade for October Commerce Department -- -$37.0B -- -$36.5B
2 p.m. Federal budget for November FY '10 Treasury Department -- -$134.1B -- -$176.4B (November FY '09)
Friday, December 11
8:30 a.m. Import Price Index for November Labor Department -- n.a. -- +0.7%
Export Price Index -- n.a. -- +0.3%
8:30 a.m. Retail sales for November Census Bureau -- +0.7% -- +1.4%
Ex-autos -- +0.4% -- +0.2%
10 a.m. Consumer Sentiment Index for December -- preliminary University of Michigan -- 68.5 -- 67.4
10 a.m. Business inventories for October Census Bureau -- -0.3% -- -0.4%
10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended December 4 Economic Cycle Research Institute -- n.a. -- +23.4%
P-Preliminary forecast
*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
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