Economic Calendar: December 17-December 21
TSC Staff
12/21/07 - 10:25 AM EST
   
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Time
(EST) |
Indicator
(click for definition) |
Source
(click for press release) |
Actual |
Forecast |
Previous
(revised) |
Previous
(original) |
| Monday, December 17 |
| No releases. |
| Tuesday, December 18 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Housing starts for November
|
Census Bureau |
1.187M |
1.175M |
1.232M |
1.229M |
| Building permits |
1.152M |
1.150M |
1.170M |
1.178M |
| 9 a.m. |
ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended Decmeber 15 |
International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS |
+1.4% |
n.a. |
+0.2% |
+0.2% |
| 9 a.m. |
Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended December 15, vs. November |
Redbook Research |
+1.3% |
n.a. |
-0.6% |
-0.5%* |
| Wednesday, December 19 |
| 9 a.m. |
Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended Decmeber 14 -- Market Composite Index |
Mortgage Bankers Association |
653.8 |
n.a. |
811.8 |
811.8 |
| Purchase Index |
422.2 |
n.a. |
472 |
472 |
| 9 a.m. |
Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended Decmeber 16 |
ABC News and Washington Post |
-17 |
n.a. |
-23 |
-23 |
| Thursday, December 20 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Gross domestic product for Q3 -- final
|
Commerce Department |
+4.9% |
+4.9% |
see Actual |
+4.9% (Q3 - prelim.) |
| -- |
+3.8% (Q2) |
| Implicit price deflator |
+1.0% |
n.a. |
see Actual |
+0.9% (Q3 - prelim.) |
| -- |
+2.6% (Q2) |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended December 15 |
Labor Department |
+346,000 |
+335,000 |
+334,000 |
+333,000 |
| Four-week average |
+343,000 |
n.a. |
+339,000 |
+339,000 |
| 10 a.m. |
Leading economic indicators for November
|
Conference Board |
-0.4% |
-0.3% |
-0.5% |
-0.5% |
| 12 p.m. |
Philadelphia Fed Index for December
|
Philadelphia Fed |
-5.7 |
6.0 |
8.2 |
8.2 |
| Friday, December 21 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Personal income for November
|
Commerce Department |
+0.4% |
+0.5% |
+0.2% |
+0.2% |
| Consumption |
+1.1% |
+0.7% |
+0.2% |
+0.2% |
| 10 a.m. |
Consumer Sentiment Index for December -- final
|
University of Michigan |
75.5 |
74.5 |
see actual |
74.5 (December prelim.) |
| -- |
76.1 (November) |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Weekly Leading Index for the week ended December 14 |
Economic Cycle Research Institute |
-4.8% |
n.a. |
-3.9% |
-3.8% |
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P-Preliminary forecast
*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
Expectations as reported by
Reuters
