Economic Events on May 12, 2011

At 8:30 AM EDT, the U.S. government will release its weekly Jobless Claims report.  The consensus is that there were 430,000 new jobless claims last week, which would would be 44,000 less than the unexpectedly high number released last week.

Also at 8:30 AM EDT, the Producer Price Index for April will be released.  The consensus is that the index increased 0.6% over last month, and increased 0.2% when food and energy are excluded.

Also at 8:30 AM EDT, the Retail Sales report for April will be released.  The consensus is that retail sales increased 0.6% , after a 0.4% increase last month.

At 10:00 AM EDT, the Business Inventories report for March will be released.  The consensus is that inventories increased 0.8% from the previous month.

Also at 10:00 AM EDT, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will testify on Dodd-Frank implementation before the Senate Banking Committee in Washington DC.

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 10:30 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 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.

Economic Events on May 5, 2011

The Monster Employment Index for April was released today, and the index moved up 9 points to a value of 145, which is 9% higher than last April’s value.

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.

At 8:30 AM EDT, the U.S. government will release its weekly Jobless Claims report.  The consensus is that there were 410,000 new jobless claims last week, which would would be 19,000 less than the unexpectedly high number released last week.

Also at 8:30 AM EST, the Productivity and Costs report for the first quarter of 2011 will be released.  The consensus is that non-farm productivity increased by 1.3% in the last quarter and labor unit costs increased 0.8%.

At 9:30 AM EDT, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will give a speech to the Chicago Fed’s Annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition.

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 10:30 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 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.

Economic Events on April 28, 2011

At 8:30 AM EDT, the advance GDP report for the first quarter of 2011 will be announced.  The consensus is an increase of 2.0% in real GDP and an increase of 2.2% in the GDP price index.  The real GDP estimate is 1.1% lower than the final value for the fourth quarter of 2010, and the GDP price index is 1.8% higher.

Also at 8:30 AM EDT, the U.S. government will release its weekly Jobless Claims report.  The consensus is that there were 390,000 new jobless claims last week, which would would be 13,000 less than the number released last week.

At 10:00 AM EDT, the value of the pending home sales index for March will be announced.

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 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.

Economic Events on April 21, 2011

At 8:30 AM EDT, the U.S. government will release its weekly Jobless Claims report.  The consensus is that there were 390,000 new jobless claims last week, which would would be 22,000 less than the number released last week.

At 10:00 AM EDT, the FHFA House Price Index for February will be released, providing more information about the direction of the housing market.

Also at 10:00 AM EDT, the Leading Indicators report for March will be released.  The consensus is that this index increased by 1.0% last month, which would be the seventh month of improvement in a row.

Also at 10:00 AM EDT, the Philadelphia Fed Survey report for April will be released.  The consensus is that the index will be at 36, which would be an decrease of 7.4 points from the previous 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 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.

Economic Events on April 14, 2011

At 8:30 AM EDT, the U.S. government will release its weekly Jobless Claims report.  The consensus is that there were 380,000 new jobless claims last week, which would would be 2,000 less than the number released last week.

Also at 8:30 AM EDT, the Producer Price Index for March will be released.  The consensus is that the index increased 1.0% over last month, and increased 0.2% when food and energy are excluded.

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 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.

Economic Events on April 7, 2011

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.

At 8:30 AM EDT, the U.S. government will release its weekly Jobless Claims report.  The consensus is that there were 388,000 new jobless claims last week, which would would be 3,000 less than the number released last week.

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 Consumer Credit report for February will be released.  The consensus estimate is that there will be an increase of $5.0 billion in the consumer credit available from January to February, after an increase of $5.0 billion last month.

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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Economic Events on March 31, 2011

The Monster Employment Index for March was released today, and the index moved up 7 points to a value of 136, which is 8.8% higher than last March’s value.

At 8:30 AM EDT, the U.S. government will release its weekly Jobless Claims report.  The consensus is that there were 380,000 new jobless claims last week, which would would be 2,000 less than the number released last week.

At 9:45 AM EDT, the Chicago PMI Index for March will be announced.  The consensus index value is 70, which is 1.2 points lower than last month, but is still well above the break-even level at 50.

At 10:00 AM EDT, the Factory Orders report for February will be released.  The consensus is that there was an increase of 0.5% in orders from the previous 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 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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Economic Events on March 24, 2011

At 8:30 AM EDT, the U.S. government will release its weekly Jobless Claims report.  The consensus is that there were 385,000 new jobless claims last week, which would would be the same as the number released last week.

Also at 8:30 AM EDT, the Durable Goods Orders report for February will be released. The consensus is that there was an increase of 1.5% from January.

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 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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Economic Events on March 17, 2011

At 8:30 AM EDT, the U.S. government will release its weekly Jobless Claims report.  The consensus is that there were 385,000 new jobless claims last week, which would would be 12,000 less than the number released last week.

Also at 8:30 AM EDT, the Consumer Price Index report for February will be released.  The consensus is that CPI increased by 0.4% last month, with a 0.1% increase in CPI when food and energy are removed.

At 9:15 AM EDT, the Industrial Production report for February will be released.  The consensus is that there will be an increase 0f 0.6% in production and an increase of 0.4% in industrial capacity utilization.

At 10:00 AM EDT, the Leading Indicators report for February will be released.  The consensus is that this index increased by 1.0% last month, which would be the seventh month of improvement in a row.

Also at 10:00 AM EDT, the Philadelphia Fed Survey report for March will be released.  The consensus is that the index will be at 32, which would be an decrease of 3.9 points from the previous 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 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.

Economic Events on March 10, 2011

At 8:30 AM EST, the U.S. government will release its weekly Jobless Claims report.  The consensus is that there were 385,000 new jobless claims last week, which would would be 17,000 more than the number released last week.

Also at 8:30 AM EST, the International Trade report for January will be released.  The consensus is a deficit of $41.0 billion, which would be $0.4 billion more than December.

At 10:00 AM EST, the Quarterly Services Survey will be released, showing the status of the information and technology-related service industries.

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

At 2:00 PM EST, the Treasury budget for February will be released.  The consensus is a deficit of $60 billion, which is larger than the historical average, and about $17.4 billion more than last February .

At 4:30 PM EST, 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 EST, 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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