Economic Calendar: March 8-12

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, March 8 No releases. Tuesday, March 9 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended March 6 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS +2.9% n.a. -0.8% -0.8% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended March 6, vs. February Redbook Research +3.1% n.a. +0.7% +0.7%* Wednesday, March 10 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended March 5 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association +0.5% n.a. +14.6% +14.6% Purchase Index +5.7% n.a. +9.0% +9.0% 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended March 7 ABC News and Washington Post -49 n.a. -49 -49 2 p.m. Federal budget for February FY '10 Treasury Department -$220.9B -$222.0B -$42.6B -$42.6B (February FY '09) Thursday, March 11 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended March 6 Labor Department +462,000 +460,000 +468,000 +469,000 Four-week average +476,000 n.a. +471,000 +471,000 8:30 a.m. International trade for January Commerce Department -$37.3B -$41.0B -$39.9B -$40.2B Friday, March 12 8:30 a.m. Retail sales for February Census Bureau +0.3% +0.2% +0.1% +0.5% Ex-autos +0.8% 0.0% +0.5% +0.6% 10 a.m. Consumer Sentiment Index for March -- preliminary University of Michigan 72.5 73.8 73.6 73.6 10 a.m. Business inventories for January Census Bureau 0.0% +0.2% -0.2% -0.2% 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended March 5 Economic Cycle Research Institute +13.1% n.a. +13.7% +13.7%

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*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
Expectations as reported by Reuters

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