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The monthly Chain Store Sales report will be released today.  This report on sales in chain stores gives a look at the health of stores that make up about 10% of all retail sales.

The Monster Employment Index for June was released today, and the index moved down 3 points to a value of 138, but was an increase of 21% from last July.

At 8:30 AM EDT, the U.S. government will release its weekly Jobless Claims report.  The consensus is that there were 455,000 new jobless claims last week, which would would be an slight decrease in claims from last week’s number.

At 10:30 AM EDT, the weekly Energy Information Administration Natural Gas Report will be released, giving an update on natural gas inventories in the United States.

At 12:00 PM EDT, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will hold a press briefing on the Social Security and Medicare Trust Fund.

At 4:30 PM EDT, the Federal Reserve will release its Money Supply report, showing the amount of liquidity available in the U.S. economy.

Also at 4:30 PM EDT, the Federal Reserve will release its Balance Sheet report, showing the amount of liquidity the Fed has injected into the economy by adding or removing reserves.

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