Economic Calendar: April 9-April 13

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, April 9 No releases. Tuesday, April 10 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended April 7 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS +0.9% n.a. +0.3% +0.3% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended April 7, vs. February Redbook Research +4.9% n.a. +1.0% +0.9%* Wednesday, April 11 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended April 6 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 646.6 n.a. 649.5 649.5 Purchase Index 413.8 n.a. 402.9 402.9 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended April 8 ABC News and Washington Post -7 n.a. -5 -5 1 p.m. Bernanke speech Federal Reserve The Fed chairman speaks to Global Economic Policy Forum, NYU Law on the topic: Market Discipline and Regulation 2 p.m. Federal Open Market Committee minutes Federal Reserve The Fed releases the minutes of its monetary policymaking committee's March 21 meeting. 2 p.m. Federal budget for March FY '07 Treasury Department -$96.3B -$95.0B -$85.3B -$85.3B (March FY '06) Thursday, April 12 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended April 7 Labor Department +342,000 +315,000 +323,000 +321,000 Four-week average +323,000 n.a. +316,000 +316,000 8:30 a.m. Import Price Index for March Labor Department +1.7% n.a. +0.1% +0.2% Export Price Index +0.7% n.a. +0.7% +0.7% 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 $6 billion of securities will be sold, with bids due at 1 p.m. Friday, April 13 8:30 a.m. Producer Price Index for March Labor Department +1.0% +0.8% +1.3% +1.3% Ex- food and energy 0.0% +0.2% +0.4% +0.4% 8:30 a.m. International trade for February Commerce Department -$58.4B -$61.0B -$58.9B -$59.1B 9:45 a.m. Consumer Sentiment Index for April -- preliminary University of Michigan 85.3 87.0 88.4 88.4 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended April 6 Economic Cycle Research Institute +3.8% n.a. +3.9% +3.9%

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*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
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