Econ Calendar

A midday look ahead in preparation for economic reports and events scheduled for the next trading day.

Highlights:  Unless Monday’s pre-open item contains surprising data, the day’s calendar won’t have any influence on the day’s price action.

Chicago Fed National Activity Index
8:30 AM ET

3-Month Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET

6-Month Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET

A midday look ahead in preparation for economic reports and events scheduled for the next trading day.

Highlights: One of Friday’s two pre-open items is high-profile, and its surprises can have an influence. The post-open item has a better track record of impacting price action.

GDP
8:30 AM ET

Employment Cost Index
8:30 AM ET

Consumer Sentiment
9:55 AM ET

A midday look ahead in preparation for economic reports and events scheduled for the next trading day.

Highlights: Jobless Claims is not being announced Thursday without any distraction, but it should have impact. So should the post-open Pending Home Sales.

Jobless Claims
8:30 AM ET

Chicago Fed National Activity Index
8:30 AM ET

Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index
9:45 AM ET

Pending Home Sales Index
10:00 AM ET

EIA Natural Gas Report
10:30 AM ET

Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index
11:00 AM ET

7-Yr Note Auction
1:00 PM ET

Fed Balance Sheet
4:30 PM ET

Money Supply
4:30 PM ET

A midday look ahead in preparation for economic reports and events scheduled for the next trading day.

Highlights: Wednesday morning’s pre-open items  don’t normally influence price action. Any reaction would likely subside quickly, anyway, as anxiousness ahead of the afternoon’s FOMC spotlight tends to constrain price action. And it should. This announcement comes during the noon hour, and is followed by Bernanke’s Q&A.

MBA Purchase Applications
7:00 AM ET

Durable Goods Orders
8:30 AM ET

EIA Petroleum Status Report
10:30 AM ET

5-Yr Note Auction
11:30 AM ET

FOMC Meeting Announcement
12:30 PM ET

FOMC Forecasts
2:00 PM ET

Chairman Press Conference
2:15 PM ET

A midday look ahead in preparation for economic reports and events scheduled for the next trading day.

Highlights: I’ve never seen this before. Five reports will be announced simultaneously Tuesday at 10:00. Three are relatively high-profile. Two are in the Housing sector, and they come one hour after another Housing metric. They’re unlikely to confirm each other, so a surprise could upset the market.

ICSC-Goldman Store Sales
7:45 AM ET

Redbook
8:55 AM ET

S&P Case-Shiller HPI
9:00 AM ET

New Home Sales
10:00 AM ET

Consumer Confidence
10:00 AM ET

FHFA House Price Index
10:00 AM ET

Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index
10:00 AM ET

State Street Investor Confidence Index
10:00 AM ET

4-Week Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET

2-Yr Note Auction
1:00 PM ET