Economic Calendar: December 18-December 22

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, December 18 No releases. Tuesday, December 19 8:30 a.m. Producer Price Index for November Labor Department +2.0% +0.5% -1.6% -1.6% Ex- food and energy +1.3% +0.2% -0.9% -0.9% 8:30 a.m. Housing starts for November Census Bureau 1.588M 1.550M 1.488M 1.486M Building permits 1.506M 1.535M 1.553M 1.553M 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended December 16 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS +1.6% n.a. +1.0% +1.0% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended December 16, vs. November Redbook Research +2.8% n.a. -1.6% -1.7%* Wednesday, December 20 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended December 15 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 647.6 n.a. 721.2 721.2 Purchase Index 436.5 n.a. 463.8 463.8 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended December 17 ABC News and Washington Post unchgd. n.a. +1 +1 Thursday, December 21 8:30 a.m. Gross domestic product for Q3 -- final Commerce Department +2.0% +2.2% see Actual +2.2% (Q3 - prelim.) -- +2.6% (Q2) Implicit price deflator +1.9% n.a. see Actual +1.7% (Q3 - prelim.) -- +3.3% (Q2) 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended December 16 Labor Department +315,000 +315,000 +306,000 +304,000 Four-week average +326,000 n.a. +328,000 +327,000 10 a.m. Leading economic indicators for November Conference Board +0.1% +0.1% +0.1% +0.2% 12 p.m. Philadelphia Fed Index for December Philadelphia Fed -4.3 4.0 5.1 5.1 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 and five-year note next Wednesday and Thursday. Friday, December 22 8:30 a.m. Durable goods orders for November Census Bureau +1.9% +1.5% -8.2% -8.2% Ex-transportation -1.1% n.a. -1.7% -1.7% 8:30 a.m. Personal income for November Commerce Department +0.3% +0.4% +0.3% +0.4% Consumption +0.5% +0.6% +0.3% +0.2% 9:45 a.m. Consumer Sentiment Index for December -- final University of Michigan 91.7 90.2 see actual 90.2 (Dec. prelim.) 92.1 92.1 (Nov.) 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended December 15 Economic Cycle Research Institute +3.4% n.a. +2.8% +2.8%

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