Economic Calendar: November 10-November 14

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, November 10 No releases. Tuesday, November 11 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended November 8 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS -1.0% n.a. +0.6% +0.6% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended November 8, vs. October Redbook Research -1.0% n.a. -1.2% -1.2%* Wednesday, November 12 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended November 9 ABC News and Washington Post -50 n.a. -48 -48 Thursday, November 13 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended November 8 Labor Department +516,000 +479,000 +484,000 +481,000 Four-week average +491,000 n.a. +478,000 +477,000 8:30 a.m. International trade for September Commerce Department -$56.5B -$56.8B -$59.1B -$59.1B 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended November 7 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 425.0 n.a. 379.9 379.9 Purchase Index 284.0 n.a. 260.9 260.9 2 p.m. Federal budget for October FY '09 Treasury Department -$237.2B -$92.0B -$56.8B -$56.8B (October FY '08) Friday, November 14 8:30 a.m. Import Price Index for October Labor Department -4.7% n.a. -3.3% -3.0% Export Price Index -1.9% n.a. -0.8% -1.0% 8:30 a.m. Retail sales for October Census Bureau -2.8% -1.2% -1.3% -1.2% Ex-autos -2.2% -0.9% -0.5% -0.6% 8:30 a.m. Bernanke speech Federal Reserve The Fed chairman is a panelist on Fifth European Central Bank Conference on the topic: Policy Coordination Among Central Banks 10 a.m. Business inventories for September Census Bureau -0.2% +0.2% +0.2% +0.3% 10 a.m. Consumer Sentiment Index for November -- preliminary University of Michigan 57.9 57.0 57.6 57.6 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended November 7 Economic Cycle Research Institute -25.9% n.a. -24.6% -24.6%

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*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
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