Economic Calendar: Oct. 26-Oct.30

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, October 26 No releases. Tuesday, October 27 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended October 24 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS +0.1% n.a. +0.2% +0.2% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended October 24, vs. September Redbook Research +0.7% n.a. +1.8% +1.8%* 10 a.m. Consumer Confidence Index for October Conference Board 47.7 53.5 53.4 53.1 Wednesday, October 28 8:30 a.m. Durable goods orders for September Census Bureau +1.0% +1.0% -2.6% -2.4% Ex-transportation +0.9% +0.7% -0.4% 0.0% 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended October 23 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 562.3 n.a. 641.0 641.0 Purchase Index 254.9 n.a. 268.8 268.8 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended October 25 ABC News and Washington Post -51 n.a. -50 -50 10 a.m. New home sales for September Census Bureau .402M .440M .417M .429M Thursday, October 29 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended October 24 Labor Department +530,000 +525,000 +531,000 +531,000 Four-week average +526,000 n.a. +532,000 +532,000 8:30 a.m. Gross domestic product for Q3 -- advance Commerce Department +3.5% +3.2% -0.7% -0.7% (Q2) Implicit price deflator +0.8% n.a. 0.0% 0.0% (Q2) Friday, October 30 8:30 a.m. Personal income for September Commerce Department 0.0% 0.0% +0.1% +0.2% Consumption -0.5% -0.5% +1.4% +1.3% 8:30 a.m. Employment Cost Index for Q3 Labor Department +0.4% +0.4% +0.4% +0.4% 9:55 a.m. Consumer Sentiment Index for October -- final University of Michigan 70.6 70.0 see actual 69.4 (Oct. prelim.) -- 73.5 (Sept) 10 a.m. Chicago Purchasing Managers' Index for October National Association of Purchasing Management -- Chicago 54.2 48.7 46.1 46.1 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended October 23 Economic Cycle Research Institute +26.9% n.a. +27.2% +27.2%

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

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