Economic Calendar: January 21-25

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, January 21 Markets closed for Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday. No releases. Tuesday, January 22 10 a.m. Leading economic indicators for December Conference Board +1.2% +0.6% +0.8% +0.5% 2 p.m. Federal budget for December FY '02 Treasury Department $26.6B $24.0B -$54.3B -$54.3B(November FY'02) Wednesday, January 23 7 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended January 18 -- Refinancing Index Mortgage Bankers Association 2768.3 n.a. 1937.6 1937.6 Purchase Index 371.8 n.a. 348.6 348.6 9 a.m. BTM-UBSW Weekly Chain Store Sales Index for the week ended January 19 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and UBS Warburg +0.7% n.a. +0.6% +0.6% 9 a.m. Redbook Retail Average for the month through January 19, vs. December LJR Redbook +1.4% n.a. -3.5% -3.5%* 6:30 p.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended January 19 Money Magazine and ABC News -13 n.a. -13 -13 Thursday, January 24 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended January 19 Labor Department 376,000 n.a. 391,000 384,000 Four-week average 404,250 n.a. 413,000 411,000 Friday, January 25 10 a.m. Existing Home Sales for December National Association of Realtors 5.19M 5.15M 5.23M 5.21M

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*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
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