Economic Calendar: Oct. 19-Oct. 23

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, October 19 11:00 a.m. Bernanke speech Federal Reserve The Fed chairman speaks to Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Asia Economic Policy Conference on the topic: Asia and the Global Crisis Tuesday, October 20 8:30 a.m. Housing starts for September Census Bureau .590M .610M .587M .598M Building permits .573M .590M .580M .579M 8:30 a.m. Producer Price Index for September Labor Department -0.6% 0.0% +1.7% +1.7% Ex- food and energy -0.1% +0.1% +0.2% +0.2% 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended October 17 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS +0.2% n.a. +0.6% +0.6% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended October 17, vs. September Redbook Research +0.5% n.a. +1.8% +1.9%* Wednesday, October 21 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended October 16 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 641.0 n.a. 742.9 742.9 Purchase Index 268.8 n.a. 290.9 290.9 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended October 18 ABC News and Washington Post -50 n.a. -50 -48 2 p.m. Beige Book Federal Reserve The Fed's anecdotal report on economic conditions around the country is for consideration at the Federal Open Market Committee's November 3-4th meeting. Thursday, October 22 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended October 17 Labor Department +531,000 +517,000 +520,000 +514,000 Four-week average +532,000 n.a. +533,000 +532,000 10 a.m. Leading economic indicators for September Conference Board +1.0% +0.9% +0.4% +0.6% Friday, October 23 10 a.m. Existing Home Sales for September National Association of Realtors 5.57M 5.35M 5.09M 5.10M 8:30 a.m. Bernanke speech Federal Reserve The Fed chairman speaks to Fedderal Reserve Bank of Boston on the topic: Financial Regulation and Supervision After the Crisis 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended October 16 Economic Cycle Research Institute +27.2% n.a. +27.8% +27.9%

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*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
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