US Political, Economic Calendar - Week Ahead
All dates are in ET Time.
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
ET/GMT Expected Previous
1400/1900 Bond markets, CME Eurodollar products,
FX mkts, CBOT interest rate products
close early for Natl Day of Mourning
for former Pres Ford
1700/2200 Dec 31 ABC/Washington Post Consumer Confidence -2
Index
N/A Most federal govt offices closed. Most
CBOT, CME markets closed. Stock
markets, Nymex, Comex, CBOE closed for
Natl Day of Mourning for former Pres
Ford
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
ET/GMT Expected Previous
0700/1200 Dec 29 MBA Refinancing Index -18.5%
0745/1245 Dec 30 ICSC Chain Store Sales +2.0%
0815/1315 Dec ADP/Macroeconomic Advisors Employment +158K
Estimate
0855/1355 Dec 30 Redbook Retail Sales Index -2.0%
1000/1500 Dec ISM Mfg 50.0 49.5
1000/1500 Nov Construction Spending -0.4% -1.0%
1400/1900 Dec 12 FOMC Minutes
N/A Dec Auto Sales 12.5M 12.3M
Thursday, January 4, 2007
ET/GMT Expected Previous
0730/1230 Dec Challenger Layoffs Survey +11%
0830/1330 Dec 30 Jobless Claims -1K +1K
1000/1500 Nov Factory Orders -4.7%
1000/1500 Dec 23 DJ-BTMU Business Barometer -0.1%
1000/1500 Nov Pending Home Sales -1.7%
1000/1500 Dec ISM Non-Mfg 57.5 58.9
1030/1530 Dec 29 US Energy Dept Crude Oil Stocks (in -8.1M
barrels)
1030/1530 Dec 29 US Energy Dept Distillate Stocks (in +500,000
barrels)
1030/1530 Dec 29 US Energy Dept Gasoline Stocks (in +3M
barrels)
1630/2130 Money Supply
N/A Pres Bush, German Chancellor Merkel
meet in Washington
Friday, January 5, 2007
ET/GMT Expected Previous
0830/1330 Dec Non-farm Payrolls +118K +132K
0830/1330 Dec Unemployment Rate 4.6% 4.5%
0940/1440 Dec ECRI Inflation Gauge 119.4
1030/1530 Dec 30 US Energy Dept Natural Gas Stocks (in -46
billion cubic feet)
1500/2000 Dec Tsy STRIPS