Economic Calendar: August 14-August 18

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, August 14 No releases. Tuesday, August 15 8:30 a.m. Producer Price Index for July Labor Department +0.1% +0.3% +0.5% +0.5% Ex- food and energy -0.3% +0.2% +0.2% +0.2% 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended August 12 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS 0.0% n.a. -0.2% -0.2% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended August 12, vs. July Redbook Research +3.2% n.a. +0.2% +0.2%* Wednesday, August 16 8:30 a.m. Consumer Price Index for July Labor Department +0.4% +0.4% +0.2% +0.2% Ex- food and energy +0.2% +0.3% +0.3% +0.3% 8:30 a.m. Housing starts for July Census Bureau 1.795M 1.810M 1.841M 1.850M Building permits 1.747M 1.850M 1.862M 1.869M 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended August 11 - Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 561.2 n.a. 553.3 553.3 Purchase Index 385.9 n.a. 388.9 388.9 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended August 13 ABC News and Washington Post -15 n.a. -12 -12 9:15 a.m. Industrial production for July Federal Reserve +0.4% +0.4% +0.8% +0.8% Capacity utilization 82.4% 82.6% 82.3% 82.4% Thursday, August 17 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended August 12 Labor Department +312,000 n.a. +322,000 +319,000 Four-week average +311,000 n.a. +310,000 +309,000 10 a.m. Leading economic indicators for July Conference Board -0.1% +0.1% +0.1% +0.1% 12 p.m. Philadelphia Fed Index for August Philadelphia Fed 18.5 8.3 6.0 6.0 Friday, August 18 9:45 a.m. Consumer Sentiment Index for August -- preliminary University of Michigan 78.7 84.0 84.7 84.7 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended August 11 Economic Cycle Research Institute -1.4% n.a. -0.8% -0.8%

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