Economic Calendar: April 11-April 15

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, April 11 2:30 p.m. TIPS auction announcement Bureau of the Public Debt The Treasury announces the size of its next auction of 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS, next Thursday. Tuesday, April 12 8:30 a.m. International trade for Feb. Commerce Department -$61.0B -$59.0B -$58.5B -$58.3B 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended April 9 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS +0.3% n.a. +0.3% +0.3% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended April 9, vs. March Redbook Research +1.7% n.a. -3.7% -3.7%* 2 p.m. Federal budget for March FY '05 Treasury Department -$71.2B -$69.8B -$72.9B -$72.7B (March FY '04) 2 p.m. Federal Open Market Committee minutes Federal Reserve The Fed releases the minutes of its monetary policymaking committee's March 22 meeting. Wednesday, April 13 8:30 a.m. Retail sales for March Census Bureau +0.3% +0.8% +0.5% +0.5% Ex-autos +0.1% +0.5% +0.6% +0.4% 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended April 8 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 683.6 n.a. 644.5 644.5 Purchase Index 474.5 n.a. 446.0 446.0 11 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended April 10 ABC News and Washington Post -18 n.a. -17 -17 Thursday, April 14 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended April 9 Labor Department +330,000 +330,000 +340,000 +334,000 Four-week average +338,000 n.a. +338,000 +337,000 10 a.m. Business inventories for Feb. Census Bureau +0.5% +0.5% +0.9% +0.9% 1:30 p.m. TIPS auction Bureau of the Public Debt The Treasury announces the results of its auction of 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS, at which $9 billion of securities will be sold, with bids due at 1 p.m. Friday, April 15 8:30 a.m. Import Price Index for March Labor Department +1.8% n.a. +0.8% +0.8% Export Price Index +0.7% n.a. +0.9% +0.9% 9:15 a.m. Industrial production for March Federal Reserve +0.3% +0.3% +0.2% +0.3% Capacity utilization 79.4% 79.6% 79.3% 79.4% 9:45 a.m. Consumer Sentiment Index for April -- preliminary University of Michigan 88.7 91.7 92.6 92.6 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended April 8 Economic Cycle Research Institute +3.5% n.a. +3.8% +3.5%

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