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Time
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Forecast |
Previous
(revised) |
Previous
(original) |
| Monday, May 12 |
| 2 p.m. |
Federal budget for April FY '08
|
Treasury Department |
-- |
$157.5B |
-- |
$177.7B (April FY '07) |
| Tuesday, May 13 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Import Price Index for April
|
Labor Department |
-- |
n.a. |
-- |
+2.8% |
| Export Price Index |
-- |
n.a. |
-- |
+1.5% |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Retail sales for April
|
Census Bureau |
-- |
0.0% |
-- |
+0.2% |
| Ex-autos |
-- |
+0.2% |
-- |
+0.1% |
| 9 a.m. |
ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended May 10 |
International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS |
-- |
n.a. |
-- |
-0.2%% |
| 9 a.m. |
Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended May 10, vs. April |
Redbook Research |
-- |
n.a. |
-- |
-1.5%* |
| 10 a.m. |
Business inventories for March
|
Census Bureau |
-- |
+0.5% |
-- |
+0.6% |
| Wednesday, May 14 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Consumer Price Index for April
|
Labor Department |
-- |
+0.3% |
-- |
+0.3% |
| Ex- food and energy |
-- |
+0.2% |
-- |
+0.2% |
| 9 a.m. |
Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended May 9 -- Market Composite Index |
Mortgage Bankers Association |
-- |
n.a. |
-- |
655.4 |
| Purchase Index |
-- |
n.a. |
-- |
381.3 |
| 9 a.m. |
Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended May 11 |
ABC News and Washington Post |
-- |
n.a. |
-- |
-46 |
| Thursday, May 15 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended May 10 |
Labor Department |
-- |
n.a. |
-- |
+365,000 |
| Four-week average |
-- |
n.a. |
-- |
+367,000 |
| 9:15 a.m. |
Industrial production for April
|
Federal Reserve |
-- |
-0.2% |
-- |
+0.3% |
| Capacity utilization |
-- |
80.2% |
-- |
80.3% |
| 12 p.m. |
Philadelphia Fed Index for May
|
Philadelphia Fed |
-- |
-20.0 |
-- |
-24.9 |
| Friday, May 16 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Housing starts for April
|
Census Bureau |
-- |
.940M |
-- |
.947M |
| Building permits |
-- |
.912M |
-- |
.927M |
| 10 a.m. |
Consumer Sentiment Index for May -- preliminary
|
University of Michigan |
-- |
63.0 |
-- |
62.6 |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Weekly Leading Index for the week ended May 9 |
Economic Cycle Research Institute |
-- |
n.a. |
-- |
-8.0% |
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