Economic Calendar: January 21-January 25

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, January 21 No releases because of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Tuesday, January 22 No releases. Wednesday, January 23 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended January 18 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 981.5 n.a. 906.4 906.4 Purchase Index 439.9 n.a. 461.2 461.2 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended January 20 ABC News and Washington Post -23 n.a. -24 -24 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended January 19 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS +0.7% n.a. -0.9% -0.9% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended January 19, vs. December Redbook Research +0.7% n.a. -0.2% -0.1%* Thursday, January 24 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended January 19 Labor Department +301,000 +325,000 +302,000 +301,000 Four-week average +315,000 n.a. +329,000 +329,000 10 a.m. Existing Home Sales for December National Association of Realtors 4.89M 4.95M 5.00M 5.00M Friday, January 25 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended January 18 Economic Cycle Research Institute -6.0% n.a. -6.5% -6.5%

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*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
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