Economic Calendar: September 22-September 26

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, September 22 No releases. Tuesday, September 23 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended September 20 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS -1.0% n.a. -1.6% -1.6% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended September 20, vs. August Redbook Research +1.2% n.a. -1.2% -1.1%* 10 a.m. Bernanke speech Federal Reserve The Fed chairman speaks to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs on the topic: U.S. financial markets Wednesday, September 24 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended September 19 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 591.4 n.a. 661.7 661.7 Purchase Index 342.2 n.a. 380.4 380.4 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended September 21 ABC News and Washington Post unchgd. n.a. -41 -41 10 a.m. Bernanke speech Federal Reserve The Fed chairman speaks to Joint Economic Committee, U. S. Congress on the topic: Economic Outlook 10 a.m. Existing Home Sales for August National Association of Realtors 4.91M 4.93M 5.02M 5.00M Thursday, September 25 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended September 20 Labor Department +493,000 +450,000 +461,000 +455,000 Four-week average +463,000 n.a. +447,000 +445,000 8:30 a.m. Durable goods orders for August Census Bureau -4.5% -1.3% +0.8% +1.3% Ex-transportation -3.0% n.a. +0.1% +0.7% 10 a.m. New home sales for August Census Bureau .460M .518M .520M .515M 12 p.m. Bernanke speech Federal Reserve The Fed chairman speaks to House Committee on Financial Services on the topic: Recent Treasury and Federal housing and finance agency actions involving the government-sponsored enterprises Friday, September 26 8:30 a.m. Gross domestic product for Q2 -- final Commerce Department +2.8% +3.4% see Actual +3.3% (Q2 - prelim.) -- +0.9% (Q1) Implicit price deflator +1.3% n.a. see Actual +1.3% (Q2 - prelim.) -- +2.6% (Q1) 10 a.m. Consumer Sentiment Index for September -- final University of Michigan 70.3 70.9 see actual 73.1 (Sept. prelim.) -- 63.0 (August) 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended September 19 Economic Cycle Research Institute -12.3% n.a. -11.5% -11.5%

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