Economic Calendar: Nov. 16- Nov. 20

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, November 16 8:30 a.m. Retail sales for October Census Bureau +1.4% +0.9% -2.3% -1.5% Ex-autos +0.2% +0.4% +0.4% +0.5% 10 a.m. Business inventories for September Census Bureau -0.4% -0.7% -1.6% -1.5% 12:15 p.m. Bernanke speech Federal Reserve The Fed chairman speaks to Economic Club of New York on the topic: Economic Outlook Tuesday, November 17 8:30 a.m. Producer Price Index for October Labor Department +0.3% +0.5% -0.6% -0.6% 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 November 14 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS -0.1% n.a. -0.1% -0.1% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended November 14, vs. October Redbook Research +2.0% n.a. +4.4% +4.3%* 9:15 a.m. Industrial production for October Federal Reserve +0.1% +0.4% +0.6% +0.7% Capacity utilization 70.7% 70.8% 70.5% 70.5% Wednesday, November 18 8:30 a.m. Housing starts for October Census Bureau .529M .600M .592M .590M Building permits .552M .580M .575M .573M 8:30 a.m. Consumer Price Index for October Labor Department +0.3% +0.2% +0.2% +0.2% Ex- food and energy +0.2% +0.1% +0.2% +0.2% 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended November 13 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 611.7 n.a. 627.5 627.5 Purchase Index 210.6 n.a. 220.9 220.9 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended November 15 ABC News and Washington Post -45 n.a. -46 -46 Thursday, November 19 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended November 14 Labor Department +505,000 +504,000 +505,000 +502,000 Four-week average +514,000 n.a. +521,000 +520,000 10 a.m. Leading economic indicators for October Conference Board +0.3% +0.4% +1.0% +1.0% 10 p.m. Philadelphia Fed Index for November Philadelphia Fed 16.7 12.0 11.5 11.5 Friday, November 20 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended November 13 Economic Cycle Research Institute +25.0% n.a. +26.1% +25.3%

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