Economic Calendar: August 21-August 25

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, August 21 No releases. Tuesday, August 22 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended August 19 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS -0.2% n.a. 0.0% 0.0% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended August 19, vs. July Redbook Research +3.3% n.a. +0.3% +0.2%* Wednesday, August 23 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended August 18 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 561.5 n.a. 561.2 561.2 Purchase Index 382.2 n.a. 385.9 385.9 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended August 20 ABC News and Washington Post -14 n.a. -15 -15 10 a.m. Existing Home Sales for July National Association of Realtors 6.33M 6.55M 6.60M 6.62M Thursday, August 24 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended August 19 Labor Department +313,000 +315,000 +314,000 +312,000 Four-week average +315,000 n.a. +312,000 +311,000 8:30 a.m. Durable goods orders for July Census Bureau -2.4% -0.8% +3.5% +2.9% Ex-transportation +0.5% n.a. +2.2% +1.0% 10 a.m. New home sales for July Census Bureau 1.072M 1.105M 1.120M 1.131M 2:30 p.m. Treasury auction announcement Bureau of the Public Debt The Treasury announces the size of its next monthly two-year and five-year note auctions, next Tuesday and Wednesday. Friday, August 25 10:00 a.m. Bernanke speech Federal Reserve The Fed chairman speaks to Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Symposium on the topic: Global Economic Integration: What's New and What's Not? 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended August 18 Economic Cycle Research Institute -1.6% n.a. -1.4% -1.4%

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*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
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