Economic Calendar: April 16-April 20
TSC Staff
04/20/07 - 11:10 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 16 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Retail sales for March
|
Census Bureau |
+0.7% |
+0.4% |
+0.5% |
+0.1% |
| Ex-autos |
+0.8% |
+0.7% |
+0.4% |
-0.1% |
| 10 a.m. |
Business inventories for February
|
Census Bureau |
+0.3% |
+0.2% |
+0.2% |
+0.2% |
| Tuesday, April 17 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Consumer Price Index for March
|
Labor Department |
+0.6% |
+0.6% |
+0.4% |
+0.4% |
| Ex- food and energy |
+0.1% |
+0.2% |
+0.2% |
+0.2% |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Housing starts for March
|
Census Bureau |
1.518M |
1.500M |
1.506M |
1.525M |
| Building permits |
1.544M |
1.515M |
1.532M |
1.532M |
| 9 a.m. |
ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended April 14 |
International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS |
-0.6% |
n.a. |
+0.9% |
+0.9% |
| 9 a.m. |
Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended April 14, vs. March |
Redbook Research |
+0.2% |
n.a. |
-4.0% |
-4.0%* |
| 9:15 a.m. |
Industrial production for March
|
Federal Reserve |
-0.2% |
0.0% |
+0.8% |
+1.0% |
| Capacity utilization |
81.4% |
81.9% |
82.0% |
82.0% |
| Wednesday, April 18 |
| 9 a.m. |
Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended April 13 -- Market Composite Index |
Mortgage Bankers Association |
630.6 |
n.a. |
646.6 |
646.6 |
| Purchase Index |
396.5 |
n.a. |
413.8 |
413.8 |
| 9 a.m. |
Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended April 15 |
ABC News and Washington Post |
-5 |
n.a. |
-7 |
-7 |
| Thursday, April 19 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended April 14 |
Labor Department |
+339,000 |
+320,000 |
+343,000 |
+342,000 |
| Four-week average |
+329,000 |
n.a. |
+324,000 |
+323,000 |
| 10 a.m. |
Leading economic indicators for March
|
Conference Board |
+0.1% |
+0.1% |
-0.6% |
-0.5% |
| 12 p.m. |
Philadelphia Fed Index for April
|
Philadelphia Fed |
0.2 |
3.0 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
| 2:30 p.m. |
TIPS auction announcement |
Bureau of the Public Debt |
The Treasury announces the size of its next auction of 5-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS, next Thursday. |
| Friday, April 20 |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Weekly Leading Index for the week ended April 13 |
Economic Cycle Research Institute |
+3.6% |
n.a. |
+3.6% |
+3.8% |
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P-Preliminary forecast
*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
Expectations as reported by
Reuters
