Economic Calendar: June 30 - July 4

07/03/08 - 12:11 PM EDT

TheStreet.com Staff

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Monday, June 30
10 a.m. Chicago Purchasing Managers' Index for June National Association of Purchasing Management -- Chicago 49.6 48.0 -- 49.1
Tuesday, July 1
9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended June 28 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS 0.1% n.a. -- -0.6%
9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended June 28, vs. April Redbook Research -0.6% n.a. -- -0.7%*
10 a.m. Construction spending for May Census Bureau -0.4% -0.6% -0.1% -0.4%
10 a.m. ISM Index - Manufacturing for June Institute for Supply Management 50.2 n.a. -- 49.6
Wednesday, July 2
9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended June 27 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 477.7 n.a. -- 461.3
Purchase Index 342.8 n.a. -- 333.4
9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended June 29 ABC News and Washington Post -43 n.a. -- -43
10 a.m. Factory orders for May Census Bureau 0.6% 0.6% 1.3% 1.1%
Thursday, July 3
8:30 a.m. Nonfarm payrolls for June Labor Department -62,000 -50,000 -62,000 -49,000
Average hourly earnings 0.3% 0.3% -- 0.3%
Unemployment rate 5.5% 5.4% -- 5.5%
Augmented unemployment rate -- -- -- --
Pool of available workers -- -- -- --
8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended June 28 Labor Department 404,000 385,000 388,000 384,000
Four-week average 390,500 n.a. 379,250 378,000
10 a.m. ISM Services - Non-Manufacturing for June Institute for Supply Management 48.2 51.0 -- 51.7
10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended June 27 Economic Cycle Research Institute -6.3% n.a. -- -6%
Friday, July 4
No releases because of Independence Day
P-Preliminary forecast
*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
Expectations as reported by Reuters
Last week's calendar

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