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Economic Calendar: Nov. 3-7

TSC Staff

10/31/03 - 03:38 PM EST
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Monday, Nov. 3
10 a.m. Purchasing Managers' Index for Oct. National Association of Purchasing Management 57.0 55.9 53.7 53.7
10 a.m. Construction spending for Sept. Census Bureau +1.3% +0.4% +0.7% +0.2%
Tuesday, Nov. 4
9 a.m. BTM-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended Nov. 1 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and UBS +0.5% n.a. -0.9% -0.9%
9 a.m. Redbook Retail Average for the week ended Nov. 1, vs. Sept. Redbook Research +3.4% n.a. -1.3% -1.3%*
Wednesday, Nov. 5
7 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended Oct. 31 -- Refinancing Index Mortgage Bankers Association 685.2 n.a. 649.6 649.6
Purchase Index 404.3 n.a. 363.9 363.9
10 a.m. Purchasing Managers' Non-Manufacturing Index for Oct. National Association of Purchasing Management 64.7 63.4 63.3 63.3
10 a.m. Factory orders for Sept. Census Bureau +0.5% +0.6% -0.3% -0.8%
11 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended Nov. 1 Money Magazine and ABC News unchgd. n.a. -18 -18
1:30 p.m. Treasury refunding announcement Bureau of the Public Debt The Treasury announces the results of its five-year note auction, at which $16 million of securities will be sold on Nov. 13, with bids due at 1 p.m.
1:30 p.m. Treasury refunding announcement Bureau of the Public Debt The Treasury announces the results of its 10-year note auction, at which $17 million of securities will be sold on Nov. 13, with bids due at 1 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 6
8:30 a.m. Productivity for Q3 -- preliminary Labor Department +8.1% +8.5% +7.0% +6.8%
Unit labor costs -4.6% n.a. -3.1% -2.8%
8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended Nov. 1 Labor Department 348,000 n.a. 391,000 386,000
Four-week average 380,000 n.a. 390,000 388,750
Friday, Nov. 7
8:30 a.m. Nonfarm payrolls for Oct. Labor Department +126,000 +55,000 +125,000 +57,000
Average hourly earnings +0.1% +0.2% +0.1% -0.1%
Unemployment rate +6.0% unchgd. +6.1% +6.1%
Augmented unemployment rate +9.0% n.a. +9.1% +9.1%
Pool of available workers 8.8M n.a. 9.0M 9.0M
9:40 a.m. Future Inflation Gauge for Sept. Economic Cycle Research Institute +4.0% n.a. +3.0% +3.0%
10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended Oct. 31 Economic Cycle Research Institute +10.3% n.a. +10.3% +10.3%
P-Preliminary forecast
*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
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