Economic Calendar: August 28-September 1

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, August 28 No releases. Tuesday, August 29 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended August 26 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS +0.6% n.a. -0.2% -0.2% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended August 26, vs. July Redbook Research +3.5% n.a. +0.3% +0.3%* 10 a.m. Consumer Confidence Index for August Conference Board 99.6 103.0 107.0 106.5 1:30 p.m. Treasury auction Bureau of the Public Debt The Treasury announces the results of its monthly two-year note auction, at which $22 billion of securities will be sold, with bids due at 1 p.m. 2 p.m. Federal Open Market Committee minutes Federal Reserve The Fed releases the minutes of its monetary policymaking committee's August 8 meeting. Wednesday, August 30 8:30 a.m. Gross domestic product for Q2 -- preliminary Commerce Department +2.9% +3.0% see Actual +2.5% (Q2 - advance) -- +5.6% (Q1) Implicit price deflator +3.3% +3.3% see Actual +3.3% (Q2 - advance) -- +3.1% (Q1) 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended August 25 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 556.5 n.a. 561.5 561.5 Purchase Index 375.9 n.a. 382.2 382.2 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended August 27 ABC News and Washington Post -19 n.a. -14 -14 1:30 p.m. Treasury refunding Bureau of the Public Debt The Treasury announces the results of its five-year note auction, at which $14 billion of securities will be sold, with bids due at 1 p.m. Thursday, August 31 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended August 26 Labor Department +316,000 +315,000 +318,000 +313,000 Four-week average +318,000 n.a. +317,000 +315,000 8:30 a.m. Personal income for July Commerce Department +0.5% +0.5% +0.6% +0.6% Consumption +0.8% +0.8% +0.4% +0.4% 10 a.m. Chicago Purchasing Managers' Index for August National Association of Purchasing Management -- Chicago 57.1 57.0 57.9 57.9 10 a.m. Factory orders for July Census Bureau -0.6% -0.8% +1.5% +1.2% 10 a.m. Help-Wanted Index for July Conference Board 32 33 34 33 12:30 p.m. Bernanke speech Federal Reserve The Fed chairman speaks to South Carolina Clemson Institute for Economic and Community Development on the topic:Productivity Friday, September 1 8:30 a.m. Nonfarm payrolls for August Labor Department +128,000 +125,000 +121,000 +113,000 Average hourly earnings +0.1% +0.3% +0.5% +0.4% Unemployment rate +4.7% +4.7% +4.8% +4.8% Augmented unemployment rate unchgd. n.a. +7.7% +7.7% Pool of available workers unchgd. n.a. 12M 12M 9:45 a.m. Consumer Sentiment Index for August -- final University of Michigan 82.0 79.0 see actual 78.7 (August prelim.) -- 84.7 (July) 10 a.m. Construction spending for July Census Bureau -1.2% 0.0% +0.4% +0.3% 10 a.m. ISM Index - Manufacturing for August Institute for Supply Management 54.5 54.9 54.7 54.7 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended August 25 Economic Cycle Research Institute -1.7% n.a. -1.7% -1.6%

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