Key Market Events This Week 12/10/07
Monday, December 10, 2007
10:00 AM ET. Oct Pending Home Sales Index (previous +0.2%)
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
7:45 AM ET. Dec 8 ICSC-UBS Chain Store Sales (previous +2.0%)
8:55 AM ET. Dec 8 Redbook Retail Sales Index (previous +0.3%)
10:00 AM ET. Oct Wholesale Trade Inventories (expected +0.6%; previous +0.8%)
5:00 PM ET. Dec 9 ABC/Washington Post Consumer Confidence Index (previous b24)
N/A Dec FOMC meeting; interest rate decision expected around 2:15 p.m. EST
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
7:00 AM ET. Dec 7 MBA Mortgage Application Survey Refinancing Index (previous +31.9%)
8:30 AM ET. Oct Trade Balance, in dollars Deficit (expected -57.5B; previous -56.45B)
8:30 AM ET. Nov Import Prices
Import Prices (expected +2.4%; previous +1.8%)
10:30 AM ET. Dec 7 US Energy Dept Oil Inventories
Crude Oil Stocks (in barrels) (previous -7.9M)
Gasoline Stocks (in barrels) (previous +4M)
Distillate Stocks (in barrels) (previous +1.4M)
2:00 PM ET. Nov Federal Budget, in dollars
Budget, on year (expected -83.6B; previous -55.6B)
Thursday, December 13, 2007
8:30 AM ET. Nov PPI
PPI (expected +1.5%; previous +0.1%)
PPI Core (expected +0.2%; previous 0%)
8:30 AM ET. Nov Retail & Food Sales
Overall Sales (expected +0.6%; previous +0.2%)
Sales, Ex-Auto (expected +0.7%; previous +0.2%)
8:30 AM ET. Dec 8 Jobless Claims
Weekly Jobless Claims (expected 335K; previous 338K)
Weekly Jobless Claims Net Change (expected -3K; previous -15K)
Continuing Jobless Claims (previous 2,599,000)
Continuing Jobless Claims Net Change (previous -59K)
10:00 AM ET. Dec 1 DJ-BTMU Business Barometer (previous 0%)
10:00 AM ET. Oct Business Inventories
Total Inventories (expected +0.3%; previous +0.4%)
10:30 AM ET. Dec 1 US Energy Dept Natural Gas Inventory
Natural Gas Stocks (in billion cubic feet) (previous b88)
Friday, December 14, 2007
8:30 AM ET. Nov CPI
CPI (expected +0.6%; previous +0.3%)
CPI Core (expected +0.2%; previous +0.2%)
9:15 AM ET. Nov Industrial Production
Industrial Production (expected +0.2%; previous -0.5%)
Capacity Utilization (expected 81.75; previous 81.7)
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