Economic Calendar: Oct. 12- Oct. 16

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, October 12 No releases due to Columbus Day holiday. Tuesday, October 13 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended October 10 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS +0.6% n.a. +0.3% +0.3% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended October 10, vs. September Redbook Research +0.6% n.a. +1.9% +1.9%* Wednesday, October 14 8:30 a.m. Retail sales for September Census Bureau -1.5% -2.1% +2.2% +2.7% Ex-autos +0.5% +0.2% +1.0% +1.1% 8:30 a.m. Import Price Index for September Labor Department +0.1% n.a. +1.6% +2.0% Export Price Index -0.3% n.a. +0.7% +0.7% 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended October 11 ABC News and Washington Post -48 n.a. -45 -45 10 a.m. Business inventories for August Census Bureau -1.5% -0.9% -1.1% -1.0% 2 p.m. Federal Open Market Committee minutes Federal Reserve The Fed releases the minutes of its monetary policymaking committee's Sept. 22-23 meeting. Thursday, October 15 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended October 10 Labor Department +514,000 +525,000 +524,000 +521,000 Four-week average +532,000 n.a. +541,000 +546,000 8:30 a.m. Consumer Price Index for September Labor Department +0.2% +0.2% +0.4% +0.4% Ex- food and energy +0.2% +0.1% +0.1% +0.1% 10 p.m. Philadelphia Fed Index for October Philadelphia Fed 11.5 12.3 14.1 14.1 Friday, October 16 9:15 a.m. Industrial production for September Federal Reserve -- +0.1% -- +0.8% Capacity utilization -- 69.7% -- 69.6% 10 a.m. Consumer Sentiment Index for October -- preliminary University of Michigan -- 73.5 -- 73.5 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended October 9 Economic Cycle Research Institute -- n.a. -- +26.1%

P-Preliminary forecast
*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
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