Economic Calendar: August 13-August 17

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, August 13 8:30 a.m. Retail sales for July Census Bureau +0.3% +0.2% -0.7% -0.9% Ex-autos +0.4% +0.3% -0.2% -0.4% 10 a.m. Business inventories for June Census Bureau +0.4% +0.4% +0.5% +0.5% Tuesday, August 14 8:30 a.m. Producer Price Index for July Labor Department +0.6% +0.1% -0.2% -0.2% Ex- food and energy +0.1% +0.2% +0.3% +0.3% 8:30 a.m. International trade for June Commerce Department -$58.1B -$61.0B -$59.2B -$60.0B 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended August 11 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS -0.9% n.a. -0.3% -0.3% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended August 11, vs. July Redbook Research +2.3% n.a. -0.6% -0.6%* Wednesday, August 15 8:30 a.m. Consumer Price Index for July Labor Department +0.1% +0.1% +0.2% +0.2% Ex- food and energy +0.2% +0.2% +0.2% +0.2% 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended August 10 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 678.7 n.a. 656.5 656.5 Purchase Index 464.9 n.a. 447.4 447.4 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended August 12 ABC News and Washington Post -11 n.a. -9 -9 9:15 a.m. Industrial production for July Federal Reserve +0.3% +0.3% +0.5% +0.5% Capacity utilization 81.9% 81.7% 81.7% 81.7% 1:30 p.m. Treasury refunding Bureau of the Public Debt The Treasury announces the results of its 10-year note auction, at which $13 billion of securities will be sold, with bids due at 1 p.m. Thursday, August 16 8:30 a.m. Housing starts for July Census Bureau 1.381M 1.405M 1.470M 1.467M Building permits 1.373M 1.400M 1.413M 1.406M 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended August 11 Labor Department +322,000 +315,000 +316,000 +316,000 Four-week average +313,000 n.a. +308,000 +308,000 12 p.m. Philadelphia Fed Index for August Philadelphia Fed 0.0 8.0 9.2 9.2 Friday, August 17 10 a.m. Consumer Sentiment Index for August -- preliminary University of Michigan 83.3 88.5 90.4 90.4 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended August 10 Economic Cycle Research Institute +4.2% n.a. +5.1% +5.2%

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