Economic Calendar: July 16-July 20

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, July 16 No releases. Tuesday, July 17 8:30 a.m. Producer Price Index for June Labor Department -0.2% +0.1% +0.9% +0.9% Ex- food and energy +0.3% +0.2% +0.2% +0.2% 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended July 14 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS +0.3% n.a. +0.1% +0.1% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended July 14, vs. June Redbook Research +2.7% n.a. +0.4% +0.4%* 9:15 a.m. Industrial production for June Federal Reserve +0.5% +0.5% -0.1% 0.0% Capacity utilization 81.7% 81.6% 81.4% 81.3% Wednesday, July 18 8:30 a.m. Consumer Price Index for June Labor Department +0.2% +0.1% +0.7% +0.7% Ex- food and energy +0.2% +0.2% +0.1% +0.1% 8:30 a.m. Housing starts for June Census Bureau 1.467M 1.450M 1.434M 1.474M Building permits 1.406M 1.490M 1.520M 1.501M 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended July 13 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 631.6 n.a. 626.2 626.2 Purchase Index 446.5 n.a. 446.5 453.9 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended July 15 ABC News and Washington Post -11 n.a. -9 -9 10 a.m. Bernanke speech Federal Reserve The Fed chairman speaks to House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services on the topic: Semiannual Monetary Policy Report Thursday, July 19 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended July 14 Labor Department +301,000 +310,000 +309,000 +308,000 Four-week average +312,000 n.a. +318,000 +318,000 9:30 a.m., Bernanke speech Federal Reserve The Fed chairman speaks to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs on the topic: Semiannual Monetary Policy Report 10 a.m. Leading economic indicators for June Conference Board -0.3% -0.1% +0.2% +0.3% 12 p.m. Philadelphia Fed Index for July Philadelphia Fed 9.2 14.0 18.0 18.0 2 p.m. Federal Open Market Committee minutes Federal Reserve The Fed releases the minutes of its monetary policymaking committee's June 28th meeting. 2:30 p.m. TIPS auction announcement Bureau of the Public Debt The Treasury announces the size of its next auction of 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS, next Tuesday. Friday, July 20 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended July 13 Economic Cycle Research Institute +6.3% n.a. +6.1% +6.2%

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