Econ Calendar

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

Highlights: Sunday night’s Globex open is normal. The session will end at 11:30am ET, followed by Tuesday night’s normal Globex open.

US Holiday: Presidents’ Day

Bond, Equity Markets Closed

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

Highlights: The three-day weekend will be greeted by two high-profile econ reports. Each has a track record of influencing price action, if not also inhibiting it prior to the announcement.

Consumer Price Index
8:30 AM ET

Leading Indicators
10:00 AM ET

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

Highlights: Three high-profile econ reports are due simultaneously at 8:30. It has been awhile since the market was bombarded this way. The unusual Bernanke event should keep things lively. But the market’s intent should be obvious before 10:00’s last high-profile report.

Housing Starts
8:30 AM ET

Jobless Claims
8:30 AM ET

Producer Price Index
8:30 AM ET

Ben Bernanke Speaks
9:00 AM ET

Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index
9:45 AM ET

Philadelphia Fed Survey
10:00 AM ET

EIA Natural Gas Report
10:30 AM ET

30-Yr TIPS 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’s calendar contains several influential items. The pre-open Empire Survey and post-open Housing Index could be followed by a lull ahead of the afternoon’s FOMC Minutes. A reaction to the Minutes may depend upon how revealing they are of the contradiction between the alleged economic recovery and extending ZIRP.

MBA Purchase Applications
7:00 AM ET

Empire State Mfg Survey
8:30 AM ET

Treasury International Capital
9:00 AM ET

Industrial Production
9:15 AM ET

Housing Market Index
10:00 AM ET

EIA Petroleum Status Report
10:30 AM ET

FOMC Minutes
2:00 PM ET

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

Highlights: For such a busy calendar Tuesday, there is very little of substance. Retail Sales data is influential only  when it surprises, or when any of the retail sales data (ICSC, Retail Sales, Redbook) deviates from the others.

NFIB Small Business Optimism Index
7:30 AM ET

ICSC-Goldman Store Sales
7:45 AM ET

Retail Sales
8:30 AM ET

Import and Export Prices
8:30 AM ET

Redbook
8:55 AM ET

Ceridian-UCLA PCI
9:00 AM ET

Business Inventories
10:00 AM ET

4-Week Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET