Economic Calendar: July 9-July 13

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, July 9 No releases. Tuesday, July 10 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended July 7 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS +0.1% n.a. +0.1% +0.1% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended July 7, vs. May Redbook Research +0.8% n.a. -1.3% -1.1%* 1 p.m. Bernanke speech Federal Reserve The Fed chairman speaks to National Bureau of Economic Research on the topic:Inflation Wednesday, July 11 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended July 6 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 626.2 n.a. 619.4 619.4 Purchase Index 453.9 n.a. 437.3 437.3 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended July 8 ABC News and Washington Post -9 n.a. -7 -7 Thursday, July 12 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended July 7 Labor Department +308,000 +315,000 +320,000 +318,000 Four-week average +318,000 n.a. +319,000 +319,000 8:30 a.m. International trade for May Commerce Department -$60.0B -$60.0B -$58.7B -$58.5B 2 p.m. Federal budget for June FY '07 Treasury Department $27.5B $30.0B $20.5B $20.5 (June FY '07) Friday, July 13 8:30 a.m. Retail sales for June Census Bureau -0.9% 0.0% +1.5% +1.4% Ex-autos -0.4% +0.2% +1.6% +1.3% 8:30 a.m. Import Price Index for June Labor Department +1.0% n.a. +1.1% +0.9% Export Price Index +0.3% n.a. +0.2% +0.1% 10 a.m. Business inventories for May Census Bureau +0.5% +0.3% +0.4% +0.4% 10 a.m. Consumer Sentiment Index for July -- preliminary University of Michigan 92.4 86.0 85.3 85.3 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended July 6 Economic Cycle Research Institute +6.2% n.a. +6.3% +6.3%

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