Economic Calendar: April 29-May 3

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, April 29 8:30 a.m. Personal income for March Commerce Department +0.4% +0.5% +0.6% +0.6% Consumption +0.4% +0.4% +0.6% +0.6% Tuesday, April 30 9 a.m. BTM-UBSW Weekly Chain Store Sales Index for the week ended April 27 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and UBS Warburg -1.7% n.a. +1.4% +1.4% 9 a.m. Redbook Retail Average for the month through April 27, vs. March LJR Redbook -0.1% n.a. -1.4% -1.4%* 10 a.m. Chicago Purchasing Managers' Index for April National Association of Purchasing Management -- Chicago 54.7 55.0 55.7 55.7 10 a.m. Consumer Confidence Index for April Conference Board 108.8 108.0 110.7 110.2 Wednesday, May 1 7 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended April 26 -- Refinancing Index Mortgage Bankers Association 1533.5 n.a. 1320.6 1320.6 Purchase Index 368.4 n.a. 351.6 351.6 10 a.m. Purchasing Managers' Index for April National Association of Purchasing Management 53.9 54.6 55.6 55.6 10 a.m. Construction spending for March Census Bureau -0.9% -0.1% +0.7% +1.1% 9 a.m. Treasury refunding announcement Treasury Department The Treasury announces the size of its next quarterly refunding. Five and 10-year notes and bonds will be sold next Tuesday and Wednesday. 6:30 p.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended April 27 Money Magazine and ABC News -- n.a. -- -5 Thursday, May 2 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended April 26 Labor Department -- n.a. -- 421,000 Four-week average -- n.a. -- 452,500 10 a.m. Factory orders for March Census Bureau -- +0.7% -- +0.3% Friday, May 3 8:30 a.m. Nonfarm payrolls for April Labor Department -- 60,000 -- 58,000 Average hourly earnings -- +0.3% -- +0.3% Unemployment rate -- 5.8% -- 5.7% Augmented unemployment rate -- n.a. -- 8.6% Pool of available workers -- n.a. -- 12.648M 9:40 a.m. Future Inflation Gauge for April Economic Cycle Research Institute -- n.a. -- 97.6T 10 a.m. Purchasing Managers' Non-Manufacturing Index for April National Association of Purchasing Management -- n.a. -- 57.3

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