Economic Events on July 13, 2011

The Mortgage Bankers’ Association purchase index will be released at 7:00 AM EDT, providing an update on the quantity of new mortgages and refinancings closed in the last week.

At 8:30 AM EDT, the Import and Export Prices index for June will be released, providing some data that can be used to monitor the threat of inflation.

At 10:00 AM EDT, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will testify before the House Committee on Financial Services regarding the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report.

At 10:30 AM EDT, the weekly Energy Information Administration Petroleum Status Report will be released, giving investors an update on oil inventories in the United States.

At 2:00 PM EDT, the Treasury budget for June will be released.  The consensus is a deficit of $60 billion, which is about $64 billion larger than the historical average, and about $8.4 billion less than last June.

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Economic Events on June 10, 2011

At 8:30 AM EDT, the Import and Export Prices index for May will be released, providing some data that can be used to monitor the threat of inflation.

At 2:00 PM EDT, the Treasury budget for May will be released.  The consensus is a deficit of $140 billion, which is about $50 billion larger than the historical average, and about $4.1 billion more than last May.

Economic Events on May 11, 2011

The Mortgage Bankers’ Association purchase index was released at 7:00 AM EDT, and there was a week to week increase of 6.7% in the Purchase Index and a week to week increase of 9.0% in the Refinance Index.

At 8:30 AM EDT, the International Trade report for March will be released.  The consensus is a deficit of $47.7 billion, which would be $1.9 billion larger than the previous month.

At 10:30 AM EDT, the weekly Energy Information Administration Petroleum Status Report will be released, giving investors an update on oil inventories in the United States.

At 2:00 PM EDT, the Treasury budget for April will be released.  The consensus is a deficit of $65 billion, which is smaller than the historical average, and about $17.7 billion less than last April.

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Economic Events on April 12, 2011

At 7:45 AM EDT, the weekly ICSC-Goldman Store Sales report will be released, giving an update on the health of the consumer through this analysis of retail sales.

At 8:30 AM EDT, the Import and Export Prices index for March will be released, providing some data that can be used to monitor the threat of inflation.

Also at 8:30 AM EDT, the International Trade report for February will be released.  The consensus is a deficit of $44.0 billion, which would be $2.3 billion less than the previous month.

At 8:55 AM EDT, the weekly Redbook report will be released, giving us more information about consumer spending.

At 2:00 PM EDT, the Treasury budget for March will be released.  The consensus is a deficit of $189 billion, which is much larger than the historical average, and about $123.6 billion more than last March.

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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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Economic Events on February 10, 2011

At 8:30 AM EST, the U.S. government will release its weekly Jobless Claims report.  The consensus is that there were 412,000 new jobless claims last week, which would would be 3,000 less than the unexpectedly low number released last week.

At 10:00 AM EST, the Wholesale Trade report will be released for December, showing inventory levels for wholesalers in the United States.

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 $225 billion, which is larger than the historical average, and about $5 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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Economic Events on January 12, 2011

The Mortgage Bankers’ Association purchase index was released at 7:00 AM EST, and there was a week to week decrease of 3.7% in the Purchase Index and a week to week increase of 4.9% in the Refinance Index.

At 8:30 AM EST, Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner will give a speech to John’s Hopkins SAIS in Washington.

Also at 8:30 AM EST, the Import and Export Prices index for December will be released, providing some data that can be used to monitor the threat of inflation.

At 10:30 AM EST, the weekly Energy Information Administration Petroleum Status Report will be released, giving investors an update on oil inventories in the United States.

At 2:00 PM EST, the Treasury budget for December will be released.  The consensus is a deficit of $84 billion, which is larger than the historical average, but about $7.6 billion less than last December.

Also at 2:00 PM EST, the Beige Book report will be released, giving us more information about economic conditions in each Federal Reserve district in advance of the next Fed meeting.

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Economic Events on December 10, 2010

At 8:30 AM EST, the Import and Export Prices index for November will be released, providing some data that can be used to monitor the threat of inflation.

Also at 8:30 AM EST, the International Trade report for October will be released.  The consensus is a deficit of $44 billion, which would be the same level as September.

At 9:55 AM EST, Consumer Sentiment for the first half of December will be announced.  The consensus is that the index will be at 72, which would be an improvement of 0.4 points from the level reported in the second half of last month.

At 2:00 PM EST, the Treasury budget for November will be released.  The consensus is a deficit of $140 billion, which is much larger than the historical average, and about $20 billion more than last November.

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Economic Events on November 10, 2010

The Mortgage Bankers’ Association purchase index was released at 7:00 AM EST, and there was a week to week increase of 5.5% in the Purchase Index and a week to week increase of 6.0% in the Refinance Index as interest rates remain near record lows.

At 8:30 AM EST, the U.S. government will release its weekly Jobless Claims report.  The consensus is that there were 450,000 new jobless claims last week, which would would be 7,000 less than the number released last week.

Also at 8:30 AM EST, the Import and Export Prices index for October will be released, providing some data that can be used to monitor the threat of inflation.

Also at 8:30 AM EST, the International Trade report for September will be released.  The consensus is a deficit of $45 billion, which would be a decrease of $1.3 billion from August.

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 11:00 AM EST, the weekly Energy Information Administration Petroleum Status Report will be released, giving investors an update on oil inventories in the United States.

At 2:00 PM EST, the Treasury budget for October will be released.  The consensus is a deficit of $148 billion, which is larger than the historical average, but less than last September.

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Economic Events on October 15, 2010

At 8:15 AM EDT, Ben Bernanke will deliver a speech at the Boston Federal Reserve’s conference on Revisiting Monetary Policy in a Low Inflation Environment.

At 8:30 AM EDT, the Consumer Price Index report for September will be released.  The consensus is that CPI increased by 0.2% last month, with a 0.1% increase in CPI when food and energy are removed.

Also at 8:30 AM EDT, the Empire State manufacturing index for October will be released.  The consensus is that the index value will be 8, which would be an increase of nearly 4 points from September as the new orders index showed improvement.

Also at 8:30 AM EDT, the Retail Sales report for September will be released.  The consensus is that retail sales increased 0.5% from August, after a 0.4% increase last month.

At 9:55 AM EDT, Consumer Sentiment for the first half of October will be announced.  The consensus is that the index will be at 69, which would be an improvement of 0.8 points from the level reported in the second half of last month.

At 10:00 AM EDT, the Business Inventories report for August will be released.  The consensus is that inventories increased 0.4% from July.

At 2:00 PM EDT, the Treasury budget for September will be released.  The consensus is a deficit of $32 billion, which is larger than the historical average, but less than last September.

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