Economic Calendar: Oct. 5-Oct. 9

x Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, October 5 10 a.m. ISM Services - Non-Manufacturing for September Institute for Supply Management 50.9 50.0 50.0 48.4 Tuesday, October 6 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended October 3 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS +0.3% n.a. +0.1% +0.1% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended October 3, vs. August Redbook Research -1.9% n.a. +0.4% +0.4%* Wednesday, October 7 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended October 2 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 756.3 n.a. 649.6 649.6 Purchase Index 306.1 n.a. 270.4 270.4 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended October 4 ABC News and Washington Post -45 n.a. -46 -46 Thursday, October 8 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended October 3 Labor Department +521,000 +540,000 +540,000 +551,000 Four-week average +540,000 n.a. +549,000 +548,000 7 p.m. Bernanke speech Federal Reserve The Fed chairman speaks to Federal Reserve Conference on Key Developments in Monetary Policy on the topic: The Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet: An Update Friday, October 9 8:30 a.m. International trade for August Commerce Department -$30.7B -$32.9B -$31.9B -$32.0B 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended October 2 Economic Cycle Research Institute +26.1% n.a. +25.0% +25.1%

P-Preliminary forecast
*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
Expectations as reported by Reuters

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