Economic Calendar: December 10-December 14

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, December 10 No releases. Tuesday, December 11 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended December 8 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS +0.2% n.a. -2.0% -2.0% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended December 8, vs. November Redbook Research +1.6% n.a. -0.5% -0.5%* 9 a.m. Federal Open Market Committee meeting Federal Reserve The Fed's monetary policymaking committee holds its eighth meeting of the year in Washington. Any change in monetary policy will be announced at around 2:10 p.m. Wednesday, December 12 8:30 a.m. Import Price Index for November Labor Department +2.7% n.a. +1.4% +1.8% Export Price Index +0.9% n.a. +0.8% +0.9% 8:30 a.m. International trade for October Commerce Department -$57.8B -$57.0B -$57.1B -$56.5B 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended December 7 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 811.8 n.a. 791.8 791.8 Purchase Index 472 n.a. 464.3 464.3 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended December 9 ABC News and Washington Post -23 n.a. -24 -24 2 p.m. Federal budget for November FY '08 Treasury Department -$98.2B -$90.0B -$73.0B -$75.6B (November FY '07) Thursday, December 13 8:30 a.m. Retail sales for November Census Bureau +1.2% +0.6% +0.2% +0.2% Ex-autos +1.8% +0.6% +0.4% +0.2% 8:30 a.m. Producer Price Index for November Labor Department +3.2% +1.5% +0.1% +0.1% Ex- food and energy +0.4% +0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended December 8 Labor Department +333,000 +335,000 +340,000 +338,000 Four-week average +339,000 n.a. +341,000 +340,000 10 a.m. Business inventories for October Census Bureau +0.1% +0.3% +0.4% +0.4% Friday, December 14 8:30 a.m. Consumer Price Index for November Labor Department +0.8% +0.6% +0.3% +0.3% Ex- food and energy +0.3% +0.2% +0.2% +0.2% 9:15 a.m. Industrial production for November Federal Reserve +0.3% +0.1% -0.7% -0.5% Capacity utilization 81.5% 81.7% 81.4% 81.7% 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended December 7 Economic Cycle Research Institute -3.8% n.a. -3.2% -2.2%

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