Economic Calendar: April 9-April 13
TSC Staff
04/13/07 - 10:28 AM EDT
   
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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, April 9 |
| No releases. |
| Tuesday, April 10 |
| 9 a.m. |
ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended April 7  |
International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS |
+0.9% |
n.a. |
+0.3% |
+0.3% |
| 9 a.m. |
Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended April 7, vs. February |
Redbook Research |
+4.9% |
n.a. |
+1.0% |
+0.9%* |
| Wednesday, April 11 |
| 9 a.m. |
Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended April 6 -- Market Composite Index |
Mortgage Bankers Association |
646.6 |
n.a. |
649.5 |
649.5 |
| Purchase Index |
413.8 |
n.a. |
402.9 |
402.9 |
| 9 a.m. |
Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended April 8 |
ABC News and Washington Post |
-7 |
n.a. |
-5 |
-5 |
| 1 p.m. |
Bernanke speech |
Federal Reserve |
The Fed chairman speaks to Global Economic Policy Forum, NYU Law on the topic: Market Discipline and Regulation |
| 2 p.m. |
Federal Open Market Committee minutes |
Federal Reserve |
The Fed releases the minutes of its monetary policymaking committee's March 21 meeting. |
| 2 p.m. |
Federal budget for March FY '07
|
Treasury Department |
-$96.3B |
-$95.0B |
-$85.3B |
-$85.3B (March FY '06) |
| Thursday, April 12 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended April 7 |
Labor Department |
+342,000 |
+315,000 |
+323,000 |
+321,000 |
| Four-week average |
+323,000 |
n.a. |
+316,000 |
+316,000 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Import Price Index for March
|
Labor Department |
+1.7% |
n.a. |
+0.1% |
+0.2% |
| Export Price Index |
+0.7% |
n.a. |
+0.7% |
+0.7% |
| 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 $6 billion of securities will be sold, with bids due at 1 p.m. |
| Friday, April 13 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Producer Price Index for March
|
Labor Department |
+1.0% |
+0.8% |
+1.3% |
+1.3% |
| Ex- food and energy |
0.0% |
+0.2% |
+0.4% |
+0.4% |
| 8:30 a.m. |
International trade for February
|
Commerce Department |
-$58.4B |
-$61.0B |
-$58.9B |
-$59.1B |
| 9:45 a.m. |
Consumer Sentiment Index for April -- preliminary
|
University of Michigan |
85.3 |
87.0 |
88.4 |
88.4 |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Weekly Leading Index for the week ended April 6 |
Economic Cycle Research Institute |
+3.8% |
n.a. |
+3.9% |
+3.9% |
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P-Preliminary forecast
*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
Expectations as reported by
Reuters
