Economic Calendar: April 4-April 8

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, April 4 No releases. Tuesday, April 5 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended April 2 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS +0.3% n.a. -1.0% -1.0%% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended April 2, vs. Feb. Redbook Research +4.1% n.a. -0.7% -0.7%* Wednesday, April 6 7 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended April 1 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 644.5 n.a. 674.3 674.3 Purchase Index 446.0 n.a. 470.9 470.9 10 a.m. Greenspan speech Federal Reserve The Fed chairman speaks to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs on the topic: Regulatory Reform of the Government-Sponsored Enterprises 11 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended April 3 ABC News and Washington Post -17 n.a. 13 -13 Thursday, April 7 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended April 2 Labor Department +334,000 n.a. +353,000 +350,000 Four-week average +337,000 n.a. +337,000 +336,000 Friday, April 8 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended April 1 Economic Cycle Research Institute +3.5% n.a. +3.7% +3.7% 12:30 p.m. Greenspan speech Federal Reserve The Fed chairman speaks to The Federal Reserve's System's Fourth Annual Commnity Affairs Conference on the topic: Consumer Finance

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*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
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