Economic Calendar: August 6- August 10

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, August 6 No releases. Tuesday, August 7 8:30 a.m. Productivity for Q2 -- preliminary Labor Department +1.8% +2.0% +0.7% +1.0% Unit labor costs +2.1% n.a. +3.0% +1.8% 9 a.m. Federal Open Market Committee meeting Federal Reserve The Fed's monetary policymaking committee holds its fifth meeting of the year in Washington. Any change in monetary policy will be announced at around 2:10 p.m. 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended August 4 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS -0.3% n.a. +1.1% +1.1% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended August 4, vs. July Redbook Research +3.2% n.a. +0.6% +0.5%* Wednesday, August 8 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended August 3 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 656.5 n.a. 607.1 607.1 Purchase Index 447.4 n.a. 416.6 416.6 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended August 5 ABC News and Washington Post -9 n.a. -8 -8 Thursday, August 9 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended August 4 Labor Department +316,000 +310,000 +309,000 +307,000 Four-week average +308,000 n.a. +306,000 +306,000 Friday, August 10 8:30 a.m. Import Price Index for July Labor Department +1.5% n.a. +0.9% +1.0% Export Price Index +0.2% n.a. +0.3% +0.3% 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended August 3 Economic Cycle Research Institute +5.2% n.a. +6.1% +6.1% 2 p.m. Federal budget for July FY '07 Treasury Department _$36.3B -$33.0B -$33.2B -$33.2B (July FY '06)

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*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
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