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Economic Indicator Calendar
By Geoff Green | May 13, 2008
The Week’s Economic Indicator Calendar
Weaker than expected economic data tends to send the stock market down, bond prices up and interest rates down, while positive data points to a higher stock market, lower bond prices and rising loan rates.
Economic Calendar for the Week of May 12 – May 16
| Date | Time (ET) | Release | For | Consensus | Prior | Impact |
| Tu May 13 |
08:30 | Retail Sales | Apr | 0.0% | 0.2% | HIGH |
| Tu May 13 |
08:30 | Retail Sales ex-auto | Apr | 0.2% | 0.1% | HIGH |
| Tu May 13 |
10:00 | Business Inventories | Mar | 0.5% | 0.6% | Moderate |
| W May 14 |
08:30 | Consumer Price Index (CPI) | Apr | 0.3% | 0.3% | HIGH |
| W May 14 |
08:30 | Core CPI | Apr | 0.2% | 0.2% | HIGH |
| W May 14 |
10:30 | Crude Inventories | 05/10 | NA | 5654K | Moderate |
| Th May 15 |
08:30 | Initial Jobless Claims | 05/10 | NA | 365K | Moderate |
| Th May 15 |
08:30 | NY Empire State Index | May | 1.0 | 0.6 | Moderate |
| Th May 15 |
09:15 | Capacity Utilization | Apr | 80.2% | 80.3% | Moderate |
| Th May 15 |
09:15 | Industrial Production | Apr | –0.2% | 0.3% | Moderate |
| Th May 15 |
10:00 | Phila. Fed. Index | May | –20.0 | –24.9 | HIGH |
| F May 16 |
08:30 | Building Permits | Apr | 912K | 927K | Moderate |
| F May 16 |
08:30 | Housing Starts | Apr | 940K | 947K | Moderate |
| F May 16 |
10:00 | U of Mich Consumer Sentiment-Prelim | May | 63.0 | NA | Moderate |
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