Economic Calendar: August 13-17

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, August 13 No releases. Tuesday, August 14 8:30 a.m. Retail sales for July Census Bureau unchgd. -0.2% +0.2% +0.2% Ex-autos +0.2% +0.1% -0.2% -0.2% 9 a.m. BTM-UBSW Weekly Chain Store Sales Index for the week ended August 11 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and UBS Warburg unchgd. n.a. +0.2% +0.2% 9 a.m. Redbook Retail Average for the month through August 11, vs. July LJR Redbook +0.1% n.a. -1.3% -1.3%* Wednesday, August 15 7 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended August 10-- Refinancing Index Mortgage Bankers Association 1716.0 n.a. 1730.1 1730.1 Purchase Index 300.7 n.a. 318.2 318.2 8:30 a.m. Business inventories for June Census Bureau -0.4% -0.3% -0.2% unchgd. 9 a.m. Treasury buyback announcement Bureau of the Public Debt The Treasury announces the details of tomorrow's reverse auction. 9:15 a.m. Industrial production for July Federal Reserve -0.1% -0.2% -0.9% -0.7% Capacity utilization 77.0% 76.7% 77.2% 77.0% 6:30 p.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended August 11 Money Magazine and ABC News 7 n.a. 5 5 Thursday, August 16 8:30 a.m. Consumer Price Index for July Labor Department -0.3% -0.1% +0.2% -0.2% Ex- food and energy +0.2% +0.2% +0.3% +0.3% 8:30 a.m. Housing starts for July Census Bureau 1.672M 1.626M 1.627M 1.658M Building permits 1.558M n.a. 1.587M 1.587M 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended August 11 Labor Department 380,000 393,000 388,000 385,000 Four-week average 370,750 n.a. 380,000 380,000 8:30 a.m. Real earnings for July Labor Department +0.6% n.a. +0.3% +0.1% 11 a.m. Treasury buyback Treasury Department The Treasury buys securities specified yesterday from dealers. 12 p.m. Philadelphia Fed Index for August Philadelphia Fed -23.5 -9.5 -12.2 -12.2 Friday, August 17 8:30 a.m. International trade for June Commerce Department -$29.41B -$29.39B -$28.47B -$28.34B 10 a.m. Consumer Sentiment Index for August -- preliminary University of Michigan 93.5 92.5 92.4 92.4

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