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At 8:30 AM EDT, the U.S. government will release its weekly Jobless Claims report. The consensus is that there were 420,000 new jobless claims last week, which would would be 3,000 less than the previous week.

Also at 8:30 AM EDT, the final GDP report for the second quarter of 2011 will be announced.  The consensus is an increase of 1.2% in real GDP and an increase of 2.4% in the GDP price index.  The real GDP estimate is 0.2% higher than the advance value for the second quarter of 2011, and the GDP price index is the same.

Also at 8:30 AM EDT, the monthly Corporate Profits report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis will be released.

At 9:45 AM EDT, the weekly Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index will be released, providing an update on Americans’ views of the U.S. economy, their personal finances and the buying climate.

At 10:00 AM EDT, the pending home sales index for August will be announced.  The consensus is that the index decreased 2.0% last month.

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 3:00 PM EDT, the Farm Prices report for September will be released, giving investors and economists an indication of the direction of food prices in the coming months.

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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