Economic Calendar; February 5-February 9

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, February 5 10 a.m. ISM Services - Non-Manufacturing for January Institute for Supply Management 59.0 57.0 56.7 56.7 Tuesday, February 6 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended February 3 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS +1.3% n.a. -0.9% -0.9% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended February 3, vs. December Redbook Research +3.3% n.a. +1.7% +1.6%* Wednesday, February 7 8:30 a.m. Productivity for Q4 -- preliminary Labor Department +3.0% +1.7% -0.1% +0.2% Unit labor costs +1.7% n.a. +3.2% +2.3% 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended February 2 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 630.1 n.a. 631.3 631.3 Purchase Index 404.7 n.a. 408.0 408.0 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended February 4 ABC News and Washington Post -1 n.a. -3 -3 1:30 p.m. Treasury refunding Bureau of the Public Debt The Treasury announces the results of its 10-year note auction, at which $13 billion of securities will be sold, with bids due at 1 p.m. The auction is the second leg of the quarterly refunding, which concludes Thursday. Thursday, February 8 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended February 3 Labor Department +311,000 +310,000 +308,000 +307,000 Four-week average +308,000 n.a. +305,000 +305,000 Friday, February 9 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended February 3 Economic Cycle Research Institute +4.0% n.a. +4.7% +4.7%

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