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Time (EST) |
Indicator (click for definition) |
Source (click for press release) |
Actual |
Forecast |
Previous (revised) |
Previous (original) |
| Monday, Jan. 24 |
| 2:30 p.m. |
Treasury auction announcement |
Bureau of the Public Debt |
The Treasury announces the size of its next monthly two-year note auction, next Wednesday. |
| Tuesday, Jan. 25 |
| 9 a.m. |
ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended Jan. 22 |
International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS |
+0.1% |
n.a. |
-0.9% |
-0.9% |
| 9 a.m. |
Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended Jan. 22, vs. Dec.  |
Redbook Research |
+2.8% |
n.a. |
+1.1% |
+1.1%* |
| 10 a.m. |
Existing Home Sales for Dec.
 |
National Association of Realtors |
6.69M |
6.80M |
6.92M |
6.94M |
| 10 a.m. |
Consumer Confidence Index for Jan.
|
Conference Board |
103.4 |
101.3 |
102.7 |
102.3 |
| 1:30 p.m. |
TIPS auction |
Bureau of the Public Debt |
The Treasury announces the results of its auction of 20-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS, at which $8 billion of securities will be sold, with bids due at 1 p.m. |
| Wednesday, Jan. 26 |
| 7 a.m. |
Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended Jan. 21 -- Market Composite Index |
Mortgage Bankers Association |
658.1 |
n.a. |
682.9 |
682.9 |
| Purchase Index |
439.0 |
n.a. |
448.1 |
448.1 |
| 11 a.m. |
Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended Jan. 21 |
ABC News and Washington Post |
-8 |
n.a. |
-11 |
-11 |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Treasury auction |
Bureau of the Public Debt |
The Treasury announces the results of its monthly two-year note auction, at which $24 billion of securities will be sold, with bids due at 1 p.m. |
| Thursday, Jan. 27 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended Jan. 21 |
Labor Department |
+325,000 |
+330,000 |
+319,000 |
+319,000 |
| Four-week average |
+342,000 |
n.a. |
+341,000 |
+341,000 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Durable goods orders for Dec.
|
Census Bureau |
+0.6% |
0.6% |
+1.8% |
+1.4% |
| Ex-transportation |
+2.1% |
n.a. |
-0.8% |
-0.8% |
| 10 a.m. |
Help-Wanted Index for Dec.
|
Conference Board |
38 |
37 |
36 |
36 |
| Friday, Jan. 28 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Employment Cost Index for Q4
|
Labor Department |
+0.7% |
+0.8% |
+0.9% |
+0.9% |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Gross domestic product for Q4 -- advance
|
Commerce Department |
+3.1% |
+3.5% |
+4.0% |
4.0% (Q3) |
| Implicit price deflator |
+2.0% |
+2.1% |
+1.4% |
1.4% (Q3) |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Weekly Leading Index for the week ended Jan. 21 |
Economic Cycle Research Institute |
-0.5% |
n.a. |
-0.2% |
-0.1% |