Economic Calendar: June 23 - June 27

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday,June 23 No releases. Tuesday,June 24 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended June 21 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS -0.6% n.a. -- +0.2% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended June 21, vs. May Redbook Research -0.7% n.a. -- -0.9%* 10 a.m. Consumer Confidence Index for June Conference Board 50.4 56.0 58.1 57.2 Wednesday, June 25 8:30 a.m. Durable goods orders for May Census Bureau 0.0% 0.0% -1.0% -0.5% Ex-transportation -0.9% n.a. -- 2.5% 9 a.m. Federal Open Market Committee meeting Federal Reserve The Fed's monetary policymaking committee holds its sixth meeting of the year in Washington. Any change in monetary policy will be announced at around 2:10 p.m. 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended June 20 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 461.3 n.a. -- 508.4 Purchase Index 333.4 n.a. -- 360.2 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended June 22 ABC News and Washington Post -43 n.a. -- -44 10 a.m. New home sales for May Census Bureau 512,000 510,000 525,000 526,000 Thursday, June 26 8:30 a.m. Gross domestic product for Q1 -- final Commerce Department 1.0% 1.0% see Actual 0.9% (Q1 - prelim.) -- +0.6% (Q4) Implicit price deflator 2.7% 2.6% see Actual 2.6% (Q1 - prelim.) -- +2.6% (Q4) 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended June 21 Labor Department 384,000 n.a. 384,000 381,000 Four-week average 378,000 n.a. 376,000 375,000 10 a.m. Existing Home Sales for May National Association of Realtors 4.99M 4.96M 4.95M 4.89M Friday, June 27 8:30 a.m. Personal income for May Commerce Department 1.9% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% Consumption 0.8% 0.7% 0.4% 0.2% 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended June 20 Economic Cycle Research Institute -6% n.a. -- -5.8%

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