Economic Calendar: May 12-May 16
TSC Staff
05/16/08 - 10:27 AM EDT
   
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Time
(EST) |
Indicator
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Source
(click for press release) |
Actual |
Forecast |
Previous
(revised) |
Previous
(original) |
| Monday, May 12 |
| 2 p.m. |
Federal budget for April FY '08
 |
Treasury Department |
$159.3B |
$160.0B |
$177.7B |
$177.7B (April FY '07) |
| Tuesday, May 13 |
| 8:20 a.m. |
Bernanke speech |
Federal Reserve |
The Fed chairman speaks to Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Financial Markets Conference (via satellite) on the topic: Federal Reserve LiquidityMeasures |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Import Price Index for April
|
Labor Department |
+1.8% |
n.a. |
+2.9% |
+2.8% |
| Export Price Index |
+0.3% |
n.a. |
+1.5% |
+1.5% |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Retail sales for April
|
Census Bureau |
-0.2% |
-0.2% |
+0.2% |
+0.2% |
| Ex-autos |
+0.5% |
+0.2% |
+0.4% |
+0.1% |
| 9 a.m. |
ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended May 10 |
International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS |
-1.0% |
n.a. |
-0.2% |
-0.2%% |
| 9 a.m. |
Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended May 10, vs. April |
Redbook Research |
+2.0% |
n.a. |
+2.1% |
+2.1%* |
| 10 a.m. |
Business inventories for March
|
Census Bureau |
+0.1% |
+0.4% |
+0.5% |
+0.6% |
| Wednesday, May 14 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Consumer Price Index for April
|
Labor Department |
+0.2% |
+0.3% |
+0.3% |
+0.3% |
| Ex- food and energy |
+0.1% |
+0.2% |
+0.2% |
+0.2% |
| 9 a.m. |
Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended May 9 -- Market Composite Index |
Mortgage Bankers Association |
674.4 |
n.a. |
655.4 |
655.4 |
| Purchase Index |
378.5 |
n.a. |
381.3 |
381.3 |
| 9 a.m. |
Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended May 11 |
ABC News and Washington Post |
-47 |
n.a. |
-46 |
-46 |
| Thursday, May 15 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended May 10 |
Labor Department |
+371,000 |
+370,000 |
+365,000 |
+365,000 |
| Four-week average |
+366,000 |
n.a. |
+367,000 |
+367,000 |
| 9:15 a.m. |
Industrial production for April
|
Federal Reserve |
-0.7% |
-0.3% |
+0.2% |
+0.3% |
| Capacity utilization |
79.7% |
80.2% |
80.4% |
80.3% |
| 12 p.m. |
Philadelphia Fed Index for May
|
Philadelphia Fed |
-15.6 |
-19.0 |
-24.9 |
-24.9 |
| Friday, May 16 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Housing starts for April
|
Census Bureau |
1.032M |
.940M |
.954M |
.947M |
| Building permits |
.978M |
.912M |
.932M |
.927M |
| 10 a.m. |
Consumer Sentiment Index for May -- preliminary
|
University of Michigan |
59.5 |
62.0 |
62.6 |
62.6 |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Weekly Leading Index for the week ended May 9 |
Economic Cycle Research Institute |
-7.2% |
n.a. |
-8.0% |
-8.0% |
|
P-Preliminary forecast
*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
Expectations as reported by
Reuters
