Economic Calendar: June 15-June 19

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, June 15 No releases. Tuesday, June 16 8:30 a.m. Housing starts for May Census Bureau .532M .483M .454M .458M Building permits .518M .500M .494M .498M 8:30 a.m. Producer Price Index for May Labor Department -0.1% +0.6% +0.3% +0.3% Ex- food and energy -0.6% +0.1% +0.1% +0.1% 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended June 13 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS -0.6% n.a. +0.2% +0.2% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended June 13, vs. May Redbook Research -4.8% n.a. -4.5% -4.3%* 9:15 a.m. Industrial production for May Federal Reserve -1.1% -0.8% -0.7% -0.5% Capacity utilization 68.3% 68.4% 69.0% 69.1% Wednesday, June 17 8:30 a.m. Consumer Price Index for May Labor Department +0.1% -0.9% 0.0% 0.0% Ex- food and energy +0.1% +0.3% +0.3% +0.3% 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended June 12 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 514.4 n.a. 611.0 611.0 Purchase Index 261.2 n.a. 270.7 270.7 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended June 14 ABC News and Washington Post -49 n.a. -47 -47 9 a.m. Bernanke speech Federal Reserve The Fed chairman speaks to Operation HOPE Global Financial Literacy Summit on the topic: Community Development Financial Institutions Thursday, June 18 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended June 13 Labor Department +608,000 +610,000 +605,000 +601,000 Four-week average +616,000 n.a. +623,000 +622,000 10 a.m. Leading economic indicators for May Conference Board +1.2% +0.9% +1.1% +1.0% 10 p.m. Philadelphia Fed Index for June Philadelphia Fed -2.2 -17.0 -22.6 -22.6 Friday, June 19 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended June 12 Economic Cycle Research Institute -0.6% n.a. -3.5% -4.7%

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*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
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