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Time (EST) |
Indicator (click for definition) |
Source (click for press release) |
Actual |
Forecast |
Previous (revised) |
Previous (original) |
| Monday, May 9 |
| No releases. |
| Tuesday, May 10 |
| 9 a.m. |
ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended May 7 |
International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS |
+0.7% |
n.a. |
+0.5% |
+0.5% |
| 9 a.m. |
Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended May 7, vs. April  |
Redbook Research |
+3.2% |
n.a. |
+2.5% |
+2.5%* |
| Wednesday, May 11 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
International trade for March
|
Commerce Department |
-$55.0B |
-$61.5B |
-$60.6B |
-$61.0B |
| 9 a.m. |
Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended May 6 -- Market Composite Index |
Mortgage Bankers Association |
781.0 |
n.a. |
714.1 |
714.1 |
| Purchase Index |
526.2 |
n.a. |
482.5 |
482.5 |
| 11 a.m. |
Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended May 8 |
ABC News and Washington Post |
-16 |
n.a. |
-19 |
-19 |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Treasury refunding |
Bureau of the Public Debt |
The Treasury announces the results of its five-year note auction, at which $15 billion of securities will be sold, with bids due at 1 p.m. The auction is the first leg of the quarterly refunding, which continues on Thursday. |
| 2 p.m. |
Federal budget for April FY '05
 |
Treasury Department |
$57.7B |
$50.0B |
$17.6B |
$17.6B (April FY '04) |
| Thursday, May 12 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended May 7 |
Labor Department |
+340,000 |
+329,000 |
+336,000 |
+333,000 |
| Four-week average |
+324,000 |
n.a. |
+322,000 |
+322,000 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Retail sales for April
|
Census Bureau |
+1.4% |
+0.7% |
+0.4% |
+0.3% |
| Ex-autos |
+1.1% |
+0.5% |
+0.2% |
+0.1% |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Treasury refunding |
Bureau of the Public Debt |
The Treasury announces the results of its 10-year note auction, at which $14 billion of securities will be sold, with bids due at 1 p.m. The auction is the second leg of the quarterly refunding. |
| Friday, May 13 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Import Price Index for April
|
Labor Department |
+0.8% |
n.a. |
+2.0% |
+1.8% |
| Export Price Index |
+0.6% |
n.a. |
+0.6% |
+0.7% |
| 10 a.m. |
Business inventories for March
|
Census Bureau |
+0.4% |
+0.6% |
+0.5% |
+0.5% |
| 9:45 a.m. |
Consumer Sentiment Index for May -- preliminary
|
University of Michigan |
85.3 |
88.0 |
87.7 |
87.7 |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Weekly Leading Index for the week ended May 6 |
Economic Cycle Research Institute |
+2.9% |
n.a. |
+3.0% |
+3.0% |
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P-Preliminary forecast
*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
Expectations as reported by
Reuters