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Time
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Indicator
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Source
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Actual |
Forecast |
Previous
(revised) |
Previous
(original) |
| Monday, October 13 |
| 2 p.m. |
Federal budget for September FY '08
|
Treasury Department |
-- |
n.a. |
-- |
$112.9B (September FY '07) |
| Tuesday, October 14 |
| 9 a.m. |
ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended October 11 |
International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS |
-- |
n.a. |
-- |
+0.1% |
| 9 a.m. |
Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended October 11, vs. September |
Redbook Research |
-- |
n.a. |
-- |
-1.4%* |
| Wednesday, October 15 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Producer Price Index for September
|
Labor Department |
-- |
-0.3% |
-- |
-0.9% |
| Ex- food and energy |
-- |
+0.2% |
-- |
+0.2% |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Retail sales for September
|
Census Bureau |
-- |
-0.4% |
-- |
-0.3% |
| Ex-autos |
-- |
+0.1% |
-- |
-0.7% |
| 9 a.m. |
Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended October 10 -- Market Composite Index |
Mortgage Bankers Association |
-- |
n.a. |
-- |
465.5 |
| Purchase Index |
-- |
n.a. |
-- |
314.5 |
| 9 a.m. |
Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended October 12 |
ABC News and Washington Post |
-- |
n.a. |
-- |
-43 |
| 10 a.m. |
Business inventories for August
|
Census Bureau |
-- |
+0.4% |
-- |
+1.1% |
| 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 October 29th meeting. |
| Thursday, October 16 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended October 11 |
Labor Department |
-- |
n.a. |
-- |
+478,000 |
| Four-week average |
-- |
n.a. |
-- |
+482,000 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Consumer Price Index for September
|
Labor Department |
-- |
+0.1% |
-- |
-0.1% |
| Ex- food and energy |
-- |
+0.2% |
-- |
+0.2% |
| 9:15 a.m. |
Industrial production for September
|
Federal Reserve |
-- |
-0.8% |
-- |
-1.1% |
| Capacity utilization |
-- |
78.0%% |
-- |
78.7% |
| 12 p.m. |
Philadelphia Fed Index for October
|
Philadelphia Fed |
-- |
-5.0 |
-- |
3.8 |
| Friday, October 17 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Housing starts for September
|
Census Bureau |
-- |
.880M |
-- |
.895M |
| Building permits |
-- |
.845M |
-- |
.854M |
| 10 a.m. |
Consumer Sentiment Index for October -- preliminary
|
University of Michigan |
-- |
69.0 |
-- |
70.3 |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Weekly Leading Index for the week ended October 10 |
Economic Cycle Research Institute |
-- |
n.a. |
-- |
-14.7% |
