Economic Calendar: March 19- March 23

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, March 19 No releases. Tuesday, March 20 8:30 a.m. Housing starts for February Census Bureau 1.525M 1.440M 1.399M 1.408M Building permits 1.532M 1.560M 1.571M 1.571M 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended March 17 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS +0.4% n.a. +0.7% +0.7% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended March 17, vs. February Redbook Research +4.0% n.a. +0.5% +0.2%* Wednesday, March 21 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended March 16 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 672.1 n.a. 690.5 690.5 Purchase Index 410.6 n.a. 414.3 414.3 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended March 18 ABC News and Washington Post -5 n.a. +2 +2 9 a.m. Federal Open Market Committee meeting Federal Reserve The Fed's monetary policymaking committee holds its second meeting of the year in Washington. Any change in monetary policy will be announced at around 2:10 p.m. Thursday, March 22 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended March 17 Labor Department +316,000 +325,000 +320,000 +318,000 Four-week average +326,000 n.a. +330,000 +329,000 10 a.m. Leading economic indicators for February Conference Board -0.5% -0.3% -0.3% +0.1% Friday, March 23 10 a.m. Existing Home Sales for February National Association of Realtors 6.69M 6.35M 6.44M 6.46M 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended March 16 Economic Cycle Research Institute +3.9% n.a. +3.7% +3.7%

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*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
Expectations as reported by Reuters

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