Economic Calendar: April 2-April 6
TSC Staff
04/06/07 - 08:55 AM EDT
   
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Time
(EST) |
Indicator
(click for definition) |
Source
(click for press release) |
Actual |
Forecast |
Previous
(revised) |
Previous
(original) |
| Monday, April 2 |
| 10 a.m. |
ISM Index - Manufacturing for March
|
Institute for Supply Management |
50.9 |
51.0 |
52.3 |
52.3 |
| Tuesday, April 3 |
| 9 a.m. |
ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended March 31 |
International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS |
+0.3% |
n.a. |
+0.2% |
+0.2% |
| 9 a.m. |
Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended March 31, vs. February |
Redbook Research |
+0.9%* |
n.a. |
+0.9%* |
+0.7%* |
| Wednesday, April 4 |
| 9 a.m. |
Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended March 30 -- Market Composite Index |
Mortgage Bankers Association |
649.5 |
n.a. |
671.0 |
671.0 |
| Purchase Index |
402.9 |
n.a. |
411.1 |
411.1 |
| 9 a.m. |
Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended April 1 |
ABC News and Washington Post |
-5 |
n.a. |
-2 |
-2 |
| 10 a.m. |
Factory orders for February
|
Census Bureau |
+1.0% |
+1.9% |
-5.7% |
-5.6% |
| 10 a.m. |
ISM Services - Non-Manufacturing for March
|
Institute for Supply Management |
52.4 |
54.7 |
54.3 |
54.3 |
| Thursday, April 5 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended March 31 |
Labor Department |
+321,000 |
+320,000 |
+310,000 |
+308,000 |
| Four-week average |
+316,000 |
n.a. |
+317,000 |
+317,000 |
| 2:30 p.m. |
TIPS auction announcement |
Bureau of the Public Debt |
The Treasury announces the size of its next auction of 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS, next Thursday. |
| Friday, April 6 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Nonfarm payrolls for March
|
Labor Department |
+180,000 |
+135,000 |
+113,000 |
+97,000 |
| Average hourly earnings
|
+0.3% |
+0.3% |
+0.4% |
+0.4% |
| Unemployment rate
|
+4.4% |
+4.6% |
+4.5% |
+4.5% |
| Augmented unemployment rate
|
+7.1% |
n.a. |
+7.3% |
+7.3% |
| Pool of available workers
|
11M |
n.a. |
12M |
12M |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Weekly Leading Index for the week ended March 30 |
Economic Cycle Research Institute |
+3.9% |
n.a. |
+4.0% |
+3.9% |
|
P-Preliminary forecast
*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
Expectations as reported by
Reuters
