Economic Calendar: December 17-December 21

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, December 17 No releases. Tuesday, December 18 8:30 a.m. Housing starts for November Census Bureau 1.187M 1.175M 1.232M 1.229M Building permits 1.152M 1.150M 1.170M 1.178M 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended Decmeber 15 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS +1.4% n.a. +0.2% +0.2% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended December 15, vs. November Redbook Research +1.3% n.a. -0.6% -0.5%* Wednesday, December 19 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended Decmeber 14 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 653.8 n.a. 811.8 811.8 Purchase Index 422.2 n.a. 472 472 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended Decmeber 16 ABC News and Washington Post -17 n.a. -23 -23 Thursday, December 20 8:30 a.m. Gross domestic product for Q3 -- final Commerce Department +4.9% +4.9% see Actual +4.9% (Q3 - prelim.) -- +3.8% (Q2) Implicit price deflator +1.0% n.a. see Actual +0.9% (Q3 - prelim.) -- +2.6% (Q2) 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended December 15 Labor Department +346,000 +335,000 +334,000 +333,000 Four-week average +343,000 n.a. +339,000 +339,000 10 a.m. Leading economic indicators for November Conference Board -0.4% -0.3% -0.5% -0.5% 12 p.m. Philadelphia Fed Index for December Philadelphia Fed -5.7 6.0 8.2 8.2 Friday, December 21 8:30 a.m. Personal income for November Commerce Department +0.4% +0.5% +0.2% +0.2% Consumption +1.1% +0.7% +0.2% +0.2% 10 a.m. Consumer Sentiment Index for December -- final University of Michigan 75.5 74.5 see actual 74.5 (December prelim.) -- 76.1 (November) 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended December 14 Economic Cycle Research Institute -4.8% n.a. -3.9% -3.8%

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