Economic Calendar: July 30-August 3

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, July 30 No releases. Tuesday, July 31 8:30 a.m. Employment Cost Index for Q2 Labor Department +0.9% +0.9% +0.8% +0.8% 8:30 a.m. Personal income for June Commerce Department +0.4% +0.5% +0.4% +0.4% Consumption +0.1% +0.1% +0.6% +0.5% 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended July 28 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS +1.1% n.a. -0.2% -0.2% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended July 28, vs. June Redbook Research +2.9% n.a. +0.5% +0.5%* 10 a.m. Chicago Purchasing Managers' Index for July National Association of Purchasing Management -- Chicago 53.4 58.5 60.2 60.2 10 a.m. Construction spending for June Census Bureau -0.3% +0.2% +1.1% +0.9% 10 a.m. Consumer Confidence Index for July Conference Board 112.6 105.0 105.3 103.9 Wednesday, August 1 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended July 27 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 607.1 n.a. 609.0 609.0 Purchase Index 416.6 n.a. 424.2 424.2 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended July 29 ABC News and Washington Post -8 n.a. -5 -5 10 a.m. ISM Index - Manufacturing for July Institute for Supply Management 53.8 55.5 56.0 56.0 Thursday, August 2 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended July 28 Labor Department +307,000 +310,000 +303,000 +301,000 Four-week average +306,000 n.a. +309,000 +309,000 10 a.m. Factory orders for June Census Bureau +0.6% +1.0% -0.5% -0.5% Friday, August 3 8:30 a.m. Nonfarm payrolls for July Labor Department +92,000 +135,000 +126,000 +132,000 Average hourly earnings +0.3% +0.3% +0.4% +0.3% Unemployment rate +4.6% +4.5% +4.5% +4.5% Augmented unemployment rate unchgd. n.a. +7.5% +7.5% Pool of available workers unchgd. n.a. 12M 12M 10 a.m. ISM Services - Non-Manufacturing for July Institute for Supply Management 55.8 59.0 60.7 60.7 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended July 27 Economic Cycle Research Institute +6.1% n.a. +6.4% +6.4%

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