Econ Calendar

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

Highlights: Monster’s report is the last advance look at jobs before the monthly Employment Situation report. The latter does tend to influence price action, but only immediately.

Monster Employment Index

Employment Situation
8:30 AM ET

Treasury STRIPS
3:00 PM ET

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

Highlights: Jobless Claims takes on a higher-profile than usual when it comes ahead of  the Employment Situation report due Friday. Two post-open items are announced simultaneously at 10:00, and at least one is high-profile with a track record of influencing price action.

Chain Store Sales

Jobless Claims
8:30 AM ET

Productivity and Costs
8:30 AM ET

ECB Announcement
8:45 AM ET

Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index
9:45 AM ET

Factory Orders
10:00 AM ET

ISM Non-Mfg Index
10:00 AM ET

EIA Natural Gas Report
10:30 AM 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: This week is unusual for containing both an FOMC meeting, and the monthly Employment Situation report. All of the week’s items will have the added dimension of considering how their data might affect either. Also, along with the latter report comes several private industry reports that look at the jobs picture, which will also shape the week’s two major events. Wednesday it is Challenger and ADP. Finally, This is one of the quarterly Bernanke conferences that throws off the market’s accustomed timing. The committee’s decision is released during the noon hour, and during its normal release Bernanke takes a Q&A. Exciting.

MBA Purchase Applications
7:00 AM ET

Challenger Job-Cut Report
7:30 AM ET

ADP Employment Report
8:15 AM ET

EIA Petroleum Status Report
10:30 AM ET

FOMC Meeting Announcement
12:30 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: Only one of the two post-open items being announced simultaneously is high-profile, although each has a history of influencing price action in case of a surprise. But all econ reports Tuesday will have an added dimension since the two-day FOMC meeting is beginning.

Motor Vehicle Sales

ICSC-Goldman Store Sales
7:45 AM ET

Redbook
8:55 AM ET

ISM Mfg Index
10:00 AM ET

Construction Spending
10:00 AM ET

4-Week Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET

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

Highlights: Monday econ reports have become less rare. Monday post-open econ reports, too. But Chicago PMI is an unusual time for any report, more so for a Monday. Even the slightest surprise is likelier either to accelerate or to reverse initial trending.

Chicago PMI
9:45 AM ET

Dallas Fed Mfg Survey
10:30 AM ET

3-Month Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET

6-Month Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET

Farm Prices
3:00 PM ET