Economic Calendar: September 11-September 15

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, September 11 No releases. Tuesday, September 12 8:30 a.m. International trade for July Commerce Department -$68.0B -$65.5B -$64.8B -$64.8B 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended September 9 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS -0.3% n.a. +0.3% +0.3% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended September 9, vs. August Redbook Research +3.8% n.a. 0.0% 0.0%* Wednesday, September 13 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended September 8 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 584.2 n.a. 566.3 566.3 Purchase Index 410.2 n.a. 389.7 389.7 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended September 10 ABC News and Washington Post -13 n.a. -15 -15 2 p.m. Federal budget for August FY '06 Treasury Department -$64.6B -$67.0B -$51.3B -$51.3B (August FY '05) Thursday, September 14 8:30 a.m. Retail sales for August Census Bureau +0.2% -0.2% +1.4% +1.4% Ex-autos +0.2% +0.3% +0.6% +1.0% 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended September 9 Labor Department +308,000 +315,000 +313,000 +310,000 Four-week average +315,250 n.a. +315,750 +315,000 10 a.m. Business inventories for July Census Bureau +0.6% +0.5% +0.9% +0.8% 8:30 a.m. Import Price Index for August Labor Department +0.8% n.a. +1.0% +0.1% Export Price Index +0.4% n.a. +0.4% +0.4% Friday, September 15 8:30 a.m. Consumer Price Index for August Labor Department +0.2% +0.2% +0.4% +0.4% Ex- food and energy +0.2% +0.2% +0.2% +0.2% 9:15 a.m. Industrial production for August Federal Reserve -0.1% +0.2% +0.4% +0.4% Capacity utilization 82.4% 82.5% 82.7% 82.4% 9:45 a.m. Consumer Sentiment Index for September -- preliminary University of Michigan 84.4 83.5 82.0 82.0 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended September 8 Economic Cycle Research Institute -0.9% n.a. -1.3% -1.5%

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