Economic Calendar: November 12-November 16

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, November 12 No releases. Tuesday, November 13 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended November 10 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS -0.5% n.a. +1.0% +1.0% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended November 10, vs. October Redbook Research +0.3% n.a. -- -0.4%* 2 p.m. Federal budget for October FY '08 Treasury Department -$55.6B -$53.0B -$49.3B -$49.3B (October FY '07) Wednesday, November 14 8:30 a.m. Producer Price Index for October Labor Department +0.1% +0.2% +1.1% +1.1% Ex- food and energy 0% +0.2% +0.1% +0.1% 8:30 a.m. Retail sales for October Census Bureau +0.2% +0.2% +0.7% +0.6% Ex-autos +0.2% +0.3% +0.3% +0.4% 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended November 9 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 707.3 n.a. 670.6 670.6 Purchase Index 432.6 n.a. 412.7 412.7 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended November 11 ABC News and Washington Post -17 n.a. -15 -15 9:10 a.m. Bernanke speech Federal Reserve The Fed chairman speaks to CATO Institute on the topic: Federal Open Market Committee Communications 10 a.m. Business inventories for September Census Bureau +0.4% +0.3% +0.3% +0.1% Thursday, November 15 8:30 a.m. Consumer Price Index for October Labor Department +0.3% +0.3% +0.3% +0.3% Ex- food and energy +0.2% +0.2% +0.2% +0.3% 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended November 10 Labor Department +339,000 n.a. +319,000 +317,000 Four-week average +330,000 n.a. +330,000 +330,000 12 p.m. Philadelphia Fed Index for November Philadelphia Fed 8.2 5.0 6.8 6.8 Friday, November 16 9:15 a.m. Industrial production for October Federal Reserve -0.5% +0.1% +0.2% +0.1% Capacity utilization 81.7% 82.1% 82.2% 82.1% 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended November 9 Economic Cycle Research Institute -0.9% n.a. -0.7% -0.9%

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