Economic Calendar: January 14-January 18

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, January 14 No releases. Tuesday, January 15 8:30 a.m. Retail sales for December Census Bureau -0.4% +0.1% +1.0% +1.2% Ex-autos -0.4% +0.1% +1.7% +1.8% 8:30 a.m. Producer Price Index for December Labor Department -0.1% +0.2% +3.2% +3.2% Ex- food and energy +0.2% +0.2% +0.4% +0.4% 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended January 12 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS -0.9% n.a. +0.4% +0.4% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended January 12, vs. December Redbook Research +0.9% n.a. -0.1% -0.7* 10 a.m. Business inventories for November Census Bureau +0.4% +0.4% +0.1% +0.1% 1:30 p.m. TIPS auction Bureau of the Public Debt The Treasury announces the results of its auction of 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS, at which $8 billion of securities will be sold, with bids due at 1 p.m. Wednesday, January 16 8:30 a.m. Consumer Price Index for December Labor Department +0.3% +0.2% +0.8% +0.8% Ex- food and energy +0.2% +0.2% +0.3% +0.3% 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended January 11 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 906.4 n.a. 706.0 706.0 Purchase Index 461.2 n.a. 414.0 414.0 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended January 13 ABC News and Washington Post -24 n.a. -20 -20 9:15 a.m. Industrial production for December Federal Reserve 0.0% -0.1% +0.3% +0.3% Capacity utilization 81.4% 81.3% 81.6% 81.5% 2 p.m. Beige Book Federal Reserve The Fed's anecdotal report on economic conditions around the country is for consideration at the Federal Open Market Committee's January 30th meeting. Thursday, January 17 8:30 a.m. Housing starts for December Census Bureau 1.006M 1.150M 1.173m 1.187M Building permits 1.068m 1.140M 1.162M 1.162M 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended January 12 Labor Department +301,000 +335,000 +322,000 +322,000 Four-week average +329,000 n.a. +340,000 +341,000 10:00 a.m. Bernanke speech Federal Reserve The Fed chairman speaks to House Committee on the Budget on the topic: Economic Outlook 12 p.m. Philadelphia Fed Index for January Philadelphia Fed -20.9 -1.5 -1.6 -1.6 Friday, January 18 10 a.m. Leading economic indicators for December Conference Board -0.2% -0.1% -0.4% -0.4% 10 a.m. Consumer Sentiment Index for January -- preliminary University of Michigan 80.5 74.5 75.5 75.5 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended January 11 Economic Cycle Research Institute -6.5% n.a. -7.1% -6.7%

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