Economic Calendar: November 3-November 7

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, November 3 10 a.m. Construction spending for September Census Bureau -0.3% -0.8% +0.3% 0.0% 10 a.m. ISM Index - Manufacturing for October Institute for Supply Management 38.9 42.0 43.5 43.5 Tuesday, November 4 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended November 1 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS +0.6% n.a. +0.5% +0.5% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended November 1, vs. September Redbook Research +0.3% n.a. -1.2% -1.1%* 10 a.m. Factory orders for September Census Bureau -2.5% -1.5% -4.3% -4.0% Wednesday, November 5 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended October 31 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 379.9 n.a. 476.7 476.7 Purchase Index 260.9 n.a. 303.1 303.1 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended November 2 ABC News and Washington Post -48 n.a. -49 -49 10 a.m. ISM Services - Non-Manufacturing for October Institute for Supply Management 44.4 48.5 50.2 50.2 Thursday, November 6 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended November 1 Labor Department +481,000 +476,000 +485,000 +479,000 Four-week average +477,000 n.a. +477,000 +476,000 8:30 a.m. Productivity for Q3 -- preliminary Labor Department +1.1% +1.0% +3.6% +4.3% Unit labor costs +3.6% n.a. -0.1% -0.5% Friday, November 7 8:30 a.m. Nonfarm payrolls for October Labor Department -240,000 -200,000 -248,000 -159,000 Average hourly earnings +0.2% +0.2% +0.2% +0.2% Unemployment rate +6.5% +6.3% +6.1% +6.1% Augmented unemployment rate +9.4% n.a. +9.1% +9.1% Pool of available workers unchgd. n.a. 15M 15M 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended October 31 Economic Cycle Research Institute -24.6% n.a. -21.9% -21.9%

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