Employment and Uneployment

Key economic data for the First week of January 2010 starting January 4th, 2010.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
01/04/10 10:00 AM	Construction Spending	Nov	-0.5%	0.0%
01/04/10 10:00 AM	ISM Index	Dec	54.0	53.6
01/05/10 2:00 PM	Auto Sales	Dec	NA	3.8M
01/05/10 2:00 PM	Truck Sales	Dec	NA	4.6M
01/05/10 10:00 AM	Factory Orders	Nov	0.5%	0.6%
01/05/10 10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales	Nov	-3.0%	3.7%
01/06/10 7:30 AM	Challenger Job Cuts	Dec	NA	-72.3%
01/06/10 8:15 AM	ADP Employment Report	Dec	-75K	-169K
01/06/10 10:00 AM	ISM Services	Dec	50.5	48.7
01/06/10 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	12/31	NA	-1.54M
01/07/10 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	01/02	445K	432K
01/07/10 8:30 AM	Continuing Claims	12/26	5040K	4981K
01/08/10 3:00 PM	Consumer Credit	Nov	-$5.0B	-$3.5B
01/08/10 8:30 AM	Average Workweek	Dec	33.2	33.2
01/08/10 8:30 AM	Hourly Earnings	Dec	0.2%	0.1%
01/08/10 8:30 AM	Nonfarm Payrolls	Dec	0K	-11K
01/08/10 8:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	Dec	10.1%	10.0%
01/08/10 10:00 AM	Wholesale Inventories	Nov	-0.3%	0.3%

Last week of 2009

Key economic data for the last week of December 2009 starting December 28th, 2009.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
12/29/09 9:00 AM	CaseShiller 20 City	Oct	-7.30%	-9.36%
12/29/09 10:00 AM	Consumer Confidence	Dec	53.0	49.5
12/30/09 9:45 AM	Chicago PMI	Dec	55.1	56.1
12/30/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	12/25	NA	-4.84M
12/31/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	12/26	465K	452K
12/31/09 8:30 AM	Continuing Claims	12/19	NA	5076K

GDP and Housing

Key economic data for the Forth week of December 2009 starting December 21th, 2009.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
12/22/09 8:30 AM	GDP - Third Estimate	Q3	2.8%	2.8%
12/22/09 8:30 AM	GDP Prices - Third Estimate	Q3	0.5%	0.5%
12/22/09 10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales	Nov	6.25M	6.10M
12/23/09 8:30 AM	Personal Income	Nov	0.5%	0.2%
12/23/09 8:30 AM	Personal Spending	Nov	0.7%	0.7%
12/23/09 8:30 AM	PCE Prices	Nov	1.6%	0.2%
12/23/09 8:30 AM	PCE Prices - Core	Nov	0.1%	0.2%
12/23/09 9:55 AM	Mich Sentiment-Rev	Dec	73.7	73.4
12/23/09 10:00 AM	New Home Sales	Nov	439K	430K
12/23/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	12/18	NA	-3.69M
12/24/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	12/19	470K	480K
12/24/09 8:30 AM	Continuing Claims	12/12	5175K	5186K
12/24/09 8:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders	Nov	0.5%	-0.6%
12/24/09 8:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders ex Auto	Nov	1.0%	-1.3%

PPI and CPI

Key economic data for the Third week of December 2009 starting December 14th, 2009. Next Friday is "Triple Witching Day" - on that day December's options, index options and futures will expire.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
12/15/09 8:30 AM	Core PPI	Nov	0.2%	-0.6%
12/15/09 8:30 AM	PPI	Nov	0.8%	0.3%
12/15/09 8:30 AM	Empire Manufacturing	Dec	24.00	23.51
12/15/09 9:00 AM	Net Long-term TIC Flows	Oct	$42.3B	$40.7B
12/15/09 9:15 AM	Capacity Utilization	Nov	71.1%	70.7%
12/15/09 9:15 AM	Industrial Production	Nov	0.5%	0.1%
12/16/09 2:15 PM	FOMC Rate Decision	Dec 16	0.25%	0.25%
12/16/09 8:30 AM	Building Permits	Nov	570K	552K
12/16/09 8:30 AM	Housing Starts	Nov	578K	529K
12/16/09 8:30 AM	CPI	Nov	0.4%	0.2%
12/16/09 8:30 AM	Core CPI	Nov	0.1%	0.3%
12/16/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	12/11	NA	-3.82M
12/17/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	12/12	465K	474K
12/17/09 8:30 AM	Continuing Claims	12/5	5170K	5157K
12/17/09 10:00 AM	Leading Indicators	Nov	0.7%	0.3%
12/17/09 10:00 AM	Philadelphia Fed	Dec	16.0	16.7

Treasury Budget and Retail Sales

Key economic data for the Second week of December 2009 starting August 17th, 2009.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
12/07/09 2:00 PM	Consumer Credit	Oct	-$9.3B	-$14.8B
12/09/09 10:00 AM	Wholesale Inventories	Oct	-0.6%	-0.9%
12/09/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	12/04	NA	2.09M
12/10/09 2:00 PM	Treasury Budget	Nov	-$135.0B	-$176.4B
12/10/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	12/05	NA	NA
12/10/09 8:30 AM	Continuing Claims	12/04	NA	NA
12/10/09 8:30 AM	Trade Balance	Oct	-$37.1B	-$36.5B
12/11/09 8:30 AM	Export Prices ex-ag.	Nov	NA	0.3%
12/11/09 8:30 AM	Import Prices ex-oil	Nov	NA	0.4%
12/11/09 8:30 AM	Retail Sales	Nov	0.5%	1.4%
12/11/09 8:30 AM	Retail Sales ex-auto	Nov	0.5%	0.2%
12/11/09 9:55 AM	Mich Sentiment-Prel	Dec	68.5	67.4
12/11/09 10:00 AM	Business Inventories	Oct	-0.2%	-0.4%

Fed Beige Book

Key economic data for the first week of December 2009 starting November 30th, 2009.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
11/30/09 9:45 AM	Chicago PMI	Nov	53.0	54.2
12/01/09 2:00 PM	Auto Sales	Nov	NA	NA
12/01/09 2:00 PM	Truck Sales	Nov	NA	NA
12/01/09 10:00 AM	Construction Spending	Oct	-0.4%	0.8%
12/01/09 10:00 AM	ISM Index	Nov	54.8	55.7
12/01/09 10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales	Oct	-0.5%	6.1%
12/02/09 2:00 PM	Fed Beige Book	Nov
12/02/09 7:30 AM	Challenger Job Cuts	Nov	NA	-50.7%
12/02/09 8:15 AM	ADP Employment Report	Nov	-148K	-203K
12/02/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	11/27	NA	1.02M
12/03/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	11/28	483K	466K
12/03/09 8:30 AM	Continuing Claims	11/21	5517K	5423K
12/03/09 8:30 AM	Productivity-Rev.	Q3	8.5%	9.5%
12/03/09 8:30 AM	Employment Cost Index	Q3	NA	0.4%
12/03/09 10:00 AM	ISM Services	Nov	51.5	50.6
12/04/09 8:30 AM	Nonfarm Payrolls	Nov	-114K	-190K
12/04/09 8:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	Nov	10.2%	10.2%
12/04/09 8:30 AM	Average Workweek	Nov	33.1	33.0
12/04/09 8:30 AM	Hourly Earnings	Nov	0.2%	0.3%
12/04/09 10:00 AM	Factory Orders	Oct	0.1%	0.9%

Economic Calendar - November IV

Key economic data for the last week of November 2009 starting November 23th, 2009.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
11/23/09 10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales	Oct	5.70M	5.57M
11/24/09 8:30 AM	GDP - Preliminary	Q3	2.9%	3.5%
11/24/09 8:30 AM	GDP Deflator - Preliminary	Q3	0.8%	0.8%
11/24/09 9:00 AM	Case Shiller 20 City Index	Sep	-9.05%	-11.32%
11/24/09 9:00 AM	Consumer Confidence	Nov	47.5	47.7
11/24/09 10:00 AM	FHFA Home Price Index	Sep	0.1%	-0.3%
11/25/09 8:30 AM	Personal Income	Oct	0.2%	0.0%
11/25/09 8:30 AM	Personal Spending	Oct	0.5%	-0.5%
11/25/09 8:30 AM	PCE Prices	Oct	0.1%	-0.5%
11/25/09 8:30 AM	PCE Prices - Core	Oct	0.1%	0.1%
11/25/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	11/21	500K	505K
11/25/09 8:30 AM	Continuing Claims	11/14	5560K	5611K
11/25/09 8:30 AM	Durable Orders	Oct	0.5%	1.0%
11/25/09 8:30 AM	Durable Orders ex Transportation	Oct	0.7%	0.9%
11/25/09 9:55 AM	Mich Sentiment-Rev	Nov	67.0	66.0
11/25/09 10:00 AM	New Home Sales	Oct	405K	402K
11/25/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	11/20	NA	-0.887K

Economic Calendar - November III

Key economic data for the Third week of November 2009 starting November 16th, 2009.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
11/16/09 8:30 AM	Retail Sales	Oct	0.9%	-1.5%
11/16/09 8:30 AM	Retail Sales ex-auto	Oct	0.4%	0.5%
11/16/09 8:30 AM	Empire Manufacturing	Nov	30.00	34.57
11/16/09 10:00 AM	Business Inventories	Sep	-0.7%	-1.5%
11/17/09 8:30 AM	Core PPI	Oct	0.1%	-0.1%
11/17/09 8:30 AM	PPI	Oct	0.5%	-0.6%
11/17/09 9:00 AM	Net Long-term TIC Flows	Sep	$35.0B	$28.6B
11/17/09 9:15 AM	Capacity Utilization	Oct	70.8%	70.5%
11/17/09 9:15 AM	Industrial Production	Oct	0.4%	0.7%
11/18/09 8:30 AM	Housing Starts	Oct	600K	590K
11/18/09 8:30 AM	Building Permits	Oct	580K	573K
11/18/09 8:30 AM	CPI	Oct	0.2%	0.2%
11/18/09 8:30 AM	Core CPI	Oct	0.1%	0.2%
11/18/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	11/13	NA	1.76M
11/19/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	11/14	504K	502K
11/19/09 8:30 AM	Continuing Claims	11/13	5600K	5631K
11/19/09 10:00 AM	Leading Indicators	Oct	0.4%	1.0%
11/19/09 10:00 AM	Philadelphia Fed	Nov	12.0	11.5

Economic Calendar - November II

Key economic data for the Second week of November 2009 starting November 9th, 2009.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
11/12/09 2:00 PM	Treasury Budget	Oct	-$150.0B	-$155.5B
11/12/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	11/07	NA	NA
11/12/09 8:30 AM	Continuing Claims	10/31	NA	NA
11/12/09 11:00 AM	Crude Inventories	11/06	NA	-3.94M
11/13/09 8:30 AM	Export Prices ex-ag.	Oct	NA	NA
11/13/09 8:30 AM	Import Prices ex-oil	Oct	NA	NA
11/13/09 8:30 AM	Trade Balance	Sep	-$31.9B	-$30.7B
11/13/09 9:55 AM	Mich Sentiment-Prel	Nov	71.8	70.6

Economic Calendar - November I

Key economic data for the First week of November 2009 starting November 2nd, 2009.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
11/02/09 10:00 AM	Construction Spending	Sep	-0.2%	0.8%
11/02/09 10:00 AM	ISM Index	Oct	53.0	52.6
11/02/09 10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales	Sep	-0.1%	6.4%
11/03/09 2:00 PM	Auto Sales	Oct	NA	NA
11/03/09 2:00 PM	Truck Sales	Oct	NA	NA
11/03/09 10:00 AM	Factory Orders	Sep	0.9%	-0.8%
11/04/09 2:15 PM	FOMC Rate Decision	11/4	0.25%	0.25%
11/04/09 7:30 AM	Challenger Job Cuts	Oct	NA	-30.2%
11/04/09 8:15 AM	ADP Employment Report	Oct	-190K	-254K
11/04/09 10:00 AM	ISM Services	Oct	51.5	50.9
11/04/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	10/30	NA	0.78M
11/05/09 8:30 AM	Productivity-Prel	Q3	6.5%	6.6%
11/05/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	10/31	520K	530K
11/05/09 8:30 AM	Continuing Claims	10/24	5750K	5797K
11/06/09 2:00 PM	Consumer Credit	Sep	-$10.3B	-$12.0B
11/06/09 8:30 AM	Nonfarm Payrolls	Oct	-175K	-263K
11/06/09 8:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	Oct	9.9%	9.8%
11/06/09 8:30 AM	Average Workweek	Oct	33.1	33.0
11/06/09 8:30 AM	Hourly Earnings	Oct	0.1%	0.1%
11/06/09 10:00 AM	Wholesale Inventories	Sep	-1.0%	-1.3%

Economic Calendar - October Last Week

Key economic data for the last week of October 2009 starting October 27th, 2009.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
10/27/09 9:00 AM	CaseShiller Home Price Index	Aug	-11.90%	-13.30%
10/27/09 9:00 AM	Consumer Confidence	Oct	53.5	53.1
10/28/09 8:30 AM	Durable Orders	Sep	1.0%	-2.4%
10/28/09 8:30 AM	Durable Orders ex Transportation	Sep	0.7%	0.0%
10/28/09 10:00 AM	New Home Sales	Sep	440K	429K
10/28/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	10/23	NA	1.31M
10/29/09 8:30 AM	Chain Deflator-Adv.	Q3	1.3%	0.0%
10/29/09 8:30 AM	GDP-Adv.	Q3	3.2%	-0.7%
10/29/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	10/24	525K	531K
10/29/09 8:30 AM	Continuing Claims	10/17	5915K	5923K
10/30/09 8:30 AM	Personal Income	Sep	0.0%	0.2%
10/30/09 8:30 AM	Personal Spending	Sep	-0.5%	1.3%
10/30/09 8:30 AM	PCE Prices	Sep	-0.5%	-0.5%
10/30/09 8:30 AM	Core PCE Prices	Sep	0.2%	0.1%
10/30/09 9:45 AM	Chicago PMI	Oct	48.7	46.1
10/30/09 9:55 AM	Mich Sentiment-Rev	Oct	70.0	69.4
10/30/09 10:00 AM	Employment Cost Index	Q3	0.4%	0.4%

Economic Calendar - October IV

Key economic data for the fourth week of October 2009 starting October 19th, 2009.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
10/20/09 8:30 AM	Building Permits	Sep	590K	579K
10/20/09 8:30 AM	Housing Starts	Sep	610K	598K
10/20/09 8:30 AM	PPI	Sep	0.0%	1.7%
10/20/09 8:30 AM	Core PPI	Sep	0.1%	0.2%
10/21/09 2:00 PM	Fed's Beige Book
10/21/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	10/16	NA	0.33M
10/22/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	10/17	517K	514K
10/22/09 8:30 AM	Continuing Claims	10/10	5990K	5992K
10/22/09 10:00 AM	Leading Indicators	Sep	0.9%	0.6%
10/22/09 10:00 AM	FHFA Housing Price Index	AUG	0.3%	0.3%
10/23/09 10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales	Sep	5.35M	5.10M

Economic Calendar - October III

Key economic data for the Third week of October 2009 starting August 17th, 2009. Next week is an options expiration week.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
10/14/09 2:00 PM	FOMC Minutes	Sep
10/14/09 8:30 AM	Export Prices ex-ag.	Sep	NA	0.8%
10/14/09 8:30 AM	Import Prices ex-oil	Sep	NA	0.4%
10/14/09 8:30 AM	Retail Sales	Sep	-2.1%	2.7%
10/14/09 8:30 AM	Retail Sales ex-auto	Sep	0.2%	1.1%
10/14/09 10:00 AM	Business Inventories	Aug	-0.9%	-1.0%
10/15/09 1:00 PM	Crude Inventories	10/09		-0.98M
10/15/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	10/10	525K	521K
10/15/09 8:30 AM	Continuing Claims	10/03	6060K	6040K
10/15/09 8:30 AM	Core CPI	Sep	0.1%	0.1%
10/15/09 8:30 AM	CPI	Sep	0.2%	0.4%
10/15/09 10:00 AM	Philadelphia Fed	Oct	12.3	14.1
10/16/09 9:00 AM	Net Long-Term TIC Flows	Aug	NA	15.3B
10/16/09 9:15 AM	Capacity Utilization	Sep	69.7%	69.6%
10/16/09 9:15 AM	Industrial Production	Sep	0.1%	0.8%
10/16/09 9:55 AM	Mich Sentiment-Prel	Oct	73.5	73.5

Economic Calendar - October II

Key economic data for the Second week of October 2009 starting October 5th, 2009.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
10/05/09 10:00 AM	ISM Services	Sep	50.0	48.4
10/07/09 2:00 PM	Consumer Credit	Aug	-9.5B	-21.6B
10/07/09 2:00 PM	Treasury Budget	Sep	NA	NA
10/07/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	10/02	NA	2.80M
10/08/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	10/03	NA	551K
10/08/09 8:30 AM	Continuing Claims	09/26	NA	6090K
10/08/09 10:00 AM	Wholesale Inventories	Aug	-1.0%	-1.4%
10/09/09 8:30 AM	Trade Balance	Aug	-32.9B	-32.0B

Economic Calendar - October I

Key economic data for the first week of October 2009 starting September 29th, 2009.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
09/29/09 9:00 AM	Case-Shiller Housing Price Index	Jul	-14.20%	-15.44%
09/29/09 9:00 AM	Consumer Confidence	Sep	57.0	54.1
09/30/09 8:15 AM	ADP Employment	Sep	-200K	-298K
09/30/09 8:30 AM	GDP - Final	Q2	-1.2%	-1.0%
09/30/09 9:45 AM	Chicago PMI	Sep	52.0	50.0
09/30/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	09/25	NA	2.85M
10/01/09 2:00 PM	Auto Sales	Sep	NA	NA
10/01/09 2:00 PM	Truck Sales	Sep	NA	NA
10/01/09 8:30 AM	Personal Income	Aug	0.1%	0.0%
10/01/09 8:30 AM	Personal Spending	Aug	1.1%	0.2%
10/01/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	09/26	535K	530K
10/01/09 8:30 AM	Continuing Claims	09/19	6178K	6138K
10/01/09 10:00 AM	Construction Spending	Aug	-0.2%	-0.2%
10/01/09 10:00 AM	ISM Index	Sep	54.0	52.9
10/01/09 10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales	Aug	1.0%	3.2%
10/02/09 8:30 AM	Average Workweek	Sep	33.1	33.1
10/02/09 8:30 AM	Hourly Earnings	Sep	0.2%	0.3%
10/02/09 8:30 AM	Nonfarm Payrolls	Sep	-180K	-216K
10/02/09 8:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	Sep	9.8%	9.7%
10/02/09 10:00 AM	Factory Orders	Aug	0.5%	1.3%

Economic Calendar - September IV

Key economic data for the Forth week of September 2009 starting September 21st, 2009.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
09/21/09 10:00 AM	Leading Indicators	Aug	0.7%	0.6%
09/22/09 10:00 AM	FHFA US Housing Price Index	Jul	0.5%	0.5%
09/23/09 2:15 PM	FOMC Rate Decision	Sep	0.25%	0.25%
09/23/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	09/18	NA	-4.73M
09/24/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	09/19	550K	545K
09/24/09 8:30 AM	Continuing Claims	09/12	6195K	6230K
09/24/09 10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales	Aug	5.35M	5.24M
09/25/09 8:30 AM	Durable Orders	Aug	0.3%	5.1%
09/25/09 8:30 AM	Durables, ex Transporation	Aug	1.0%	1.1%
09/25/09 9:55 AM	Mich Sentiment-Rev	Sep	70.5	70.2
09/25/09 10:00 AM	New Home Sales	Aug	440K	433K

Economic Calendar - September III

Key economic data for the Third week of September 2009 starting September 14th, 2009. Next week is triple witching week. Next week on Friday, options, index options and futures will expire.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
09/15/09 8:30 AM	Core PPI	Aug	0.1%	-0.1%
09/15/09 8:30 AM	PPI	Aug	0.8%	-0.9%
09/15/09 8:30 AM	Retail Sales	Aug	1.9%	-0.1%
09/15/09 8:30 AM	Retail Sales ex-auto	Aug	0.4%	-0.6%
09/15/09 8:30 AM	Empire Manufacturing	Sep	15.00	12.08
09/15/09 10:00 AM	Business Inventories	Jul	-0.8%	-1.1%
09/16/09 8:30 AM	Core CPI	Aug	0.1%	0.1%
09/16/09 8:30 AM	CPI	Aug	0.3%	0.0%
09/16/09 9:00 AM	Net Long-term TIC Flows	Jul	NA	-31.2B
09/16/09 9:15 AM	Capacity Utilization	Aug	69.1%	68.5%
09/16/09 9:15 AM	Industrial Production	Aug	0.7%	0.5%
09/16/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	09/11	NA	-5.91M
09/17/09 8:30 AM	Building Permits	Aug	596K	564K
09/17/09 8:30 AM	Housing Starts	Aug	580K	581K
09/17/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	09/12	555K	550K
09/17/09 8:30 AM	Continuing Claims	09/05	6114K	6088K
09/17/09 10:00 AM	Philadelphia Fed	Sep	8.0	4.2

Economic Calendar - September II

Key economic data for the Second week of September 2009 starting September 6th, 2009.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
09/08/09 2:00 PM	Consumer Credit	Jul	-4.0B	-10.3B
09/09/09 2:00 PM	Fed's Beige Book
09/09/09 10:35 AM	Crude Inventories	09/04	NA	-372K
09/10/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	09/05	560K	570K
09/10/09 8:30 AM	Continuing Claims	09/29	6200K	6234K
09/10/09 8:30 AM	Trade Balance	Jul	-27.4B	-27.0B
09/11/09 2:00 PM	Treasury Budget	Aug	-162.0B	-111.9B
09/11/09 8:30 AM	Export Prices ex-ag.	Aug	NA	0.2%
09/11/09 8:30 AM	Import Prices ex-oil	Aug	NA	-0.2%
09/11/09 9:55 AM	Mich Sentiment-Prel	Sep	67.8	65.7
09/11/09 10:00 AM	Wholesale Inventories	Jul	-1.0%	-1.7%

Economic Calendar - September I

Key economic data for the First week of September 2009 starting September 1st, 2009.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
09/01/09 2:00 PM	Auto Sales	Aug	NA	4.2M
09/01/09 2:00 PM	Truck Sales	Aug	NA	4.2M
09/01/09 10:00 AM	Construction Spending	Jul	-0.2%	0.3%
09/01/09 10:00 AM	ISM Index	Aug	50.2	48.9
09/02/09 2:00 PM	FOMC Minutes	Aug. 12
09/02/09 8:15 AM	ADP Employment Change		-246K	-371K
09/02/09 8:30 AM	Productivity-Rev.	Q2	6.1%	6.4%
09/02/09 10:00 AM	Factory Orders	Jul	1.5%	0.4%
09/02/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	08/28	NA	+128K
09/03/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	08/29	570K	570K
09/03/09 10:00 AM	ISM Services	Aug	48.0	46.4
09/04/09 8:30 AM	Average Workweek	Aug	33.1	33.1
09/04/09 8:30 AM	Hourly Earnings	Aug	0.1%	0.2%
09/04/09 8:30 AM	Nonfarm Payrolls	Aug	-225K	-247K
09/04/09 8:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	Aug	9.5%	9.4%

Economic Calendar - August IV

Key economic data for the Fourth week of August 2009 starting August 25th, 2009.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
08/25/09 9:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index	Jun	-16.40%	-17.06%
08/25/09 10:00 AM	Consumer Confidence	Aug	48.0	46.6
08/26/09 8:30 AM	Durable Orders	Jul	3.2%	-2.5%
08/26/09 8:30 AM	Durables, Ex Transportation	Jul	1.0%	1.1%
08/26/09 10:00 AM	New Home Sales	Jul	390K	384K
08/26/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	08/21	NA	-8.40M
08/27/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	08/22	565K	576K
08/27/09 8:30 AM	Q2 GDP - Prelim	Q2	-1.4%	-1.0%
08/27/09 8:30 AM	GDP Deflator	Q2	0.2%	0.2%
08/27/09 8:30 AM	Core PCE	Q2	2.0%	2.0%
08/28/09 8:30 AM	Personal Income	Jul	0.1%	-1.3%
08/28/09 8:30 AM	Personal Spending	Jul	0.2%	0.4%
08/28/09 8:30 AM	PCE Core	Jul	0.1%	0.2%
08/28/09 9:55 AM	Mich Sentiment-Rev	Aug	64.8	63.2
08/31/09 9:45 AM	Chicago PMI	Aug	NA	43.4
09/01/09 2:00 PM	Auto Sales	Aug	NA	4.2M
09/01/09 2:00 PM	Truck Sales	Aug	NA	4.2M
09/01/09 10:00 AM	Construction Spending	Jul	NA	0.3%
09/01/09 10:00 AM	ISM Index	Aug	NA	48.9
09/02/09 2:00 PM	FOMC Minutes	Aug. 12
09/02/09 8:15 AM	ADP Employment Change		NA	-371K
09/02/09 8:30 AM	Productivity-Rev.	Q2	NA	6.4%
09/02/09 10:00 AM	Factory Orders	Jul	NA	0.4%
09/02/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	08/28	NA	NA
09/03/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	08/29	NA	NA
09/03/09 10:00 AM	ISM Services	Aug	NA	46.4
09/04/09 8:30 AM	Average Workweek	Aug	NA	33.1
09/04/09 8:30 AM	Hourly Earnings	Aug	NA	0.2%
09/04/09 8:30 AM	Nonfarm Payrolls	Aug	NA	-247K
09/04/09 8:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	Aug	NA	9.4%

Economic Calendar - August III

Key economic data for the Third week of August 2009 starting August 17th, 2009.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
08/17/09 8:30 AM	Empire Manufacturing	Aug	2.20	-0.55
08/17/09 9:00 AM	Net Long-Term TIC Flows	Jun	$17.5B	-$19.8B
08/18/09 8:30 AM	Building Permits	Jul	576K	570K
08/18/09 8:30 AM	Core PPI	Jul	0.1%	0.5%
08/18/09 8:30 AM	Housing Starts	Jul	598K	582K
08/18/09 8:30 AM	PPI	Jul	-0.2%	1.8%
08/19/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	08/14	NA	+2.52M
08/20/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	08/15	553K	558K
08/20/09 10:00 AM	Leading Indicators	Jul	0.6%	0.7%
08/20/09 10:00 AM	Philadelphia Fed	Aug	-2.0	-7.5
08/21/09 10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales	Jul	5.00M	4.89M

Economic Calendar - August II

Key economic data for the second week of August 2009 starting August 10th, 2009.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
08/11/09 8:30 AM	Productivity-Prel	Q2	4.9%	1.6%
08/11/09 8:30 AM	Unit Labor Costs	Q2	-1.9%	3.0%
08/11/09 10:00 AM	Wholesale Inventories	Jun	-0.9%	-0.8%
08/12/09 2:00 PM	Treasury Budget	Jul	-$129.5B	NA
08/12/09 2:15 PM	FOMC Rate Decision			0.00%-0.25%
08/12/09 8:30 AM	Trade Balance	Jun	-$28.5B	-$26.0B
08/12/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	08/07	NA	+1.67M
08/13/09 8:30 AM	Export Prices ex-ag.	Jul	NA	0.8%
08/13/09 8:30 AM	Import Prices ex-oil	Jul	NA	0.2%
08/13/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	08/08	NA	550K
08/13/09 8:30 AM	Retail Sales	Jul	0.3%	0.6%
08/13/09 8:30 AM	Retail Sales ex-auto	Jul	0.1%	0.3%
08/13/09 10:00 AM	Business Inventories	Jun	-0.9%	-1.0%
08/14/09 8:30 AM	Core CPI	Jul	0.2%	0.2%
08/14/09 8:30 AM	CPI	Jul	0.0%	0.7%
08/14/09 9:15 AM	Capacity Utilization	Jul	68.1%	68.0%
08/14/09 9:15 AM	Industrial Production	Jul	0.1%	-0.4%
08/14/09 9:55 AM	Mich Sentiment-Prel	Aug	68.5	66.0

Economic Calendar - August I

Key economic data for the First week of August 2009 starting August 3rd, 2009.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
08/03/09 2:00 PM	Auto Sales	Jul	NA	3.4M
08/03/09 2:00 PM	Truck Sales	Jul	NA	3.8M
08/03/09 10:00 AM	Construction Spending	Jun	-0.6%	-0.9%
08/03/09 10:00 AM	ISM Index	Jul	46.5	44.8
08/04/09 8:30 AM	Personal Income	Jun	-1.0%	1.4%
08/04/09 8:30 AM	Personal Spending	Jun	0.3%	0.2%
08/04/09 10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales	Jun	0.3%	0.1%
08/05/09 8:15 AM	ADP Employment Change	Jul	-340K	-473K
08/05/09 10:00 AM	Factory Orders	Jun	0.5%	1.2%
08/05/09 10:00 AM	ISM Services	Jul	48.0	48.8
08/05/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	07/31	NA	+5.15M
08/06/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	08/01	NA	NA
08/07/09 2:00 PM	Consumer Credit	Jun	-$4.1B	-$3.2B
08/07/09 8:30 AM	Average Workweek	Jul	33.0	33.0
08/07/09 8:30 AM	Hourly Earnings	Jul	0.1%	0.0%
08/07/09 8:30 AM	Nonfarm Payrolls	Jul	-333K	-467K
08/07/09 8:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	Jul	9.6%	9.5%

Economic Calendar - July V

Key economic data for the forth week of July 2009 starting July 27th, 2009.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
07/27/09 10:00 AM	New Home Sales	Jun	352K	342K
07/28/09 9:00 AM	Consumer Confidence	Jul	48.7	49.3
07/28/09 9:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index	May	-17.80%	-18.12%
07/29/09 2:00 PM	Fed's Beige Book
07/29/09 8:30 AM	Durable Orders	Jun	-0.5%	1.8%
07/29/09 8:30 AM	Durables, Ex Transportation	Jun	0.1%	1.1%
07/29/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	07/24	NA	-1.80M
07/30/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	07/25	585K	554K
07/31/09 8:30 AM	GDP-Adv.	Q2	-1.5%	-5.5%
07/31/09 8:30 AM	Core PCE	Q2	2.4%	1.6%
07/31/09 8:30 AM	Chain Deflator-Adv.	Q2	1.0%	2.8%
07/31/09 8:30 AM	Employment Cost Index	Q2	0.3%	0.3%
07/31/09 9:45 AM	Chicago PMI

Economic Calendar - July IV

Key economic data for the Forth week of July 2009 starting July 20th, 2009.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
07/20/09 10:00 AM	Leading Indicators	Jun	0.5%	1.2%
07/22/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	07/17	NA	-2.81M
07/23/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	07/18	NA	522K
07/23/09 10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales	Jun	4.80M	4.77M
07/24/09 9:55 AM	Mich Sentiment-Rev	Jul	64.6	64.6

Economic Calendar - July III

Key economic data for the Third week of July 2009 starting June 13th, 2009.

Next week is options expiration week.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
07/10/09 9:55 AM	Mich Sentiment-Prel	Jul	70.0	70.8
07/13/09 2:00 PM	Treasury Budget	Jun	-$77.5B	$33.5B
07/14/09 8:30 AM	Core PPI	Jun	0.1%	-0.1%
07/14/09 8:30 AM	PPI	Jun	0.8%	0.2%
07/14/09 8:30 AM	Retail Sales	Jun	0.5%	0.5%
07/14/09 8:30 AM	Retail Sales ex-auto	Jun	0.5%	0.5%
07/14/09 10:00 AM	Business Inventories	May	-1.0%	-1.1%
07/15/09 2:00 PM	Minutes of FOMC Meeting	June 24
07/15/09 8:30 AM	Core CPI	Jun	0.1%	0.1%
07/15/09 8:30 AM	CPI	Jun	0.6%	0.1%
07/15/09 8:30 AM	Empire Manufacturing	Jul	-5.00	-9.41
07/15/09 9:15 AM	Capacity Utilization	Jun	67.9%	68.3%
07/15/09 9:15 AM	Industrial Production	Jun	-0.6%	-1.1%
07/15/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	07/10	NA	-2.90M
07/16/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	07/11	NA	565K
07/16/09 9:00 AM	Net Long-Term TIC Flows	May	NA	$11.2B
07/16/09 10:00 AM	Philadelphia Fed	Jul	-5.0	-2.2
07/17/09 8:30 AM	Building Permits	Jun	523K	518K
07/17/09 8:30 AM	Housing Starts	Jun	530K	532K

Economic Calendar - July II

Key economic data for the second week of July 2009 starting July 6th, 2009.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
07/06/09 10:00 AM	ISM Services	Jun	46.0	44.0
07/08/09 3:00 PM	Consumer Credit	May	-$7.5B	-$15.7B
07/08/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	07/03	NA	-3.66M
07/09/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	07/04	NA	NA
07/09/09 10:00 AM	Wholesale Inventories	May	-1.0%	-1.4%
07/10/09 8:30 AM	Export Prices ex-ag.	Jun	NA	0.3%
07/10/09 8:30 AM	Import Prices ex-oil	Jun	NA	0.2%
07/10/09 8:30 AM	Trade Balance	May	-$30.0B	-$29.2B
07/10/09 9:55 AM	Mich Sentiment-Prel	Jul	71.0	70.8

Economic Calendar - July I

Key economic data for the First week of July 2009 starting June 29th, 2009.

Economic Calendar key:
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Date	Release	For	Consensus	Prior
06/26/09 8:30 AM	Personal Income	May	0.3%	0.7%
06/26/09 8:30 AM	Personal Spending	May	0.3%	0.0%
06/26/09 8:30 AM	PCE Core	May	0.1%	0.3%
06/26/09 9:55 AM	Mich Sentiment-Rev	Jun	69.0	68.7
06/30/09 9:00 AM	Consumer Confidence	Jun	55.1	54.9
06/30/09 9:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index	Apr	-18.75%	-18.70%
06/30/09 9:45 AM	Chicago PMI	Jun	38.5	34.9
07/01/09 2:00 PM	Auto Sales	Jun	NA	3.3M
07/01/09 2:00 PM	Truck Sales	Jun	NA	4.1M
07/01/09 8:15 AM	ADP Employment Change	Jun	-363K	-532K
07/01/09 10:00 AM	Construction Spending	May	-0.5%	0.8%
07/01/09 10:00 AM	ISM Index	Jun	44.0	42.8
07/01/09 10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales	May	1.1%	6.7%
07/01/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	06/26	NA	-3.87M
07/02/09 8:30 AM	Nonfarm Payrolls	Jun	-370K	-345K
07/02/09 8:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	Jun	9.6%	9.4%
07/02/09 8:30 AM	Hourly Earnings	Jun	0.2%	0.1%
07/02/09 8:30 AM	Average Workweek	Jun	33.1	33.1
07/02/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	06/27	NA	627K
07/02/09 10:00 AM	Factory Orders	May	0.2%	0.7%

Economic Calendar - June IV

Key economic data for the Forth week (last week) of June 2009 starting June 22nd, 2009.

Date	Release	For	Actual	Consensus	Prior
06/23/09 10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales	May		4.83M	4.68M
06/24/09 2:15 PM	FOMC Rate Decision
06/24/09 8:30 AM	Durable Orders	May		-0.9%	1.9%
06/24/09 8:30 AM	Durable Orders, Ex-Transportation	May		-0.5%	0.8%
06/24/09 10:00 AM	New Home Sales	May		360K	352K
06/24/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	06/19		NA	-3.87M
06/25/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	06/20		608K	NA
06/25/09 8:30 AM	Q1 GDP - Final	Q1		-5.7%	-5.7%
06/26/09 8:30 AM	Personal Income	May		0.2%	0.5%
06/26/09 8:30 AM	Personal Spending	May		0.4%	-0.1%
06/26/09 8:30 AM	PCE Core	May		0.2%	0.3%
06/26/09 9:55 AM	Mich Sentiment-Rev	Jun		69.0	69.0

Economic Calendar key:
Actual refers to the actual figures after their release.
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Economic Calendar - June 3

Key economic data for the Third week of June 2009 starting June 15st, 2009. The next week is an options expiration week. The June options will expire on Friday June 19, 2009. On the same week we have future expiration. So, the next Friday is triple witching day.

Date	Release	For	Actual	Consensus	Prior
06/12/09 8:30 AM	Export Prices ex-ag.	May	0.3%	NA	0.2%
06/12/09 8:30 AM	Import Prices ex-oil	May	0.2%	NA	-0.2%
06/12/09 9:55 AM	Mich Sentiment-Prel	Jun	69.0	69.5	68.7
06/15/09 8:30 AM	NY Empire Manufacturing Index	Jun		-5.10	-4.55
06/15/09 9:00 AM	Net Long-Term TIC Flows	Apr		$52.9B	$55.8B
06/16/09 8:30 AM	Housing Starts	May		483K	458K
06/16/09 8:30 AM	Building Permits	May		500K	498K
06/16/09 8:30 AM	PPI	May		0.6%	0.3%
06/16/09 8:30 AM	Core PPI	May		0.1%	0.1%
06/16/09 9:15 AM	Capacity Utilization	May		68.4%	69.1%
06/16/09 9:15 AM	Industrial Production	May		-0.8%	-0.5%
06/17/09 8:30 AM	Core CPI	May		0.1%	0.3%
06/17/09 8:30 AM	CPI	May		-0.9%	-0.7%
06/17/09 8:30 AM	Current Account Balance	Q1		-$85.0B	-$132.8B
06/17/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	06/12		NA	-4.38M
06/18/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	06/13		610K	601K
06/18/09 10:00 AM	Leading Indicators	May		0.9%	1.0%
06/18/09 10:00 AM	Philadelphia Fed	Jun		-17.0	-22.6

Economic Calendar key:
Actual refers to the actual figures after their release.
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

2nd week - June - Economic Calendar

Key economic data for the Second week of June 2009 starting June 8st, 2009. It is not in the calendar, yet it worth mentioning that on Monday June 8, 2009 General Motors (GM) and City Group (C)  will be removed from Dow Jones Industrials Index.

Date	Release	For	Actual	Consensus	Prior
06/05/09 3:00 PM	Consumer Credit	Apr	-$15.7B	-$6.0B	-$16.5B
06/05/09 8:30 AM	Average Workweek	May	33.1	33.2	33.2
06/05/09 8:30 AM	Hourly Earnings	May	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
06/05/09 8:30 AM	Nonfarm Payrolls	May	-345K	-520K	-504K
06/05/09 8:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	May	9.4%	9.2%	8.9%
06/09/09 10:00 AM	Wholesale Inventories	Apr		-1.0%	-1.6%
06/10/09 2:00 PM	Treasury Budget	May		-$175.0B	NA
06/10/09 2:00 PM	Fed's Beige Book
06/10/09 8:30 AM	Trade Balance	Apr		-$28.7B	-$27.6B
06/10/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	06/05		NA	+2.87M
06/11/09 8:30 AM	Retail Sales	May		0.3%	-0.4%
06/11/09 8:30 AM	Retail Sales ex-auto	May		0.2%	-0.5%
06/11/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	06/06		NA	NA
06/11/09 10:00 AM	Business Inventories	Apr		-1.0%	-1.0%
06/12/09 8:30 AM	Export Prices ex-ag.	May		NA	-0.3%
06/12/09 8:30 AM	Import Prices ex-oil	May		NA	-0.7%
06/12/09 9:55 AM	Mich Sentiment-Prel	Jun		68.6	NA

Economic Calendar key:
Actual refers to the actual figures after their release.
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

1st week of June - Economic Callendar

Key economic data for the first week of June 2009 starting May 1st, 2009.

Date	Release	For	Actual	Consensus	Prior
05/29/09 8:30 AM	GDP - Prelim.	Q1	-5.7%	-5.5%	-6.1%
05/29/09 8:30 AM	GDP Deflator	Q1	2.8%	2.9%	2.9%
05/29/09 9:45 AM	Chicago PMI	May	34.9	42.0	40.1
05/29/09 9:55 AM	Mich Sentiment-Rev	May	68.7	68.0	67.9
06/01/09 8:30 AM	Personal Income	Apr		-0.2%	NA
06/01/09 8:30 AM	Personal Spending	Apr		-0.2%	NA
06/01/09 10:00 AM	Construction Spending	Apr		-1.8%	NA
06/01/09 10:00 AM	ISM Index	May		42.0	NA
06/02/09 2:00 PM	Auto Sales	May		NA	3.2M
06/02/09 2:00 PM	Truck Sales	May		NA	3.8M
06/02/09 10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales	Apr		NA	3.2%
06/03/09 8:15 AM	ADP Employment Change	May		-543K	-491K
06/03/09 10:00 AM	Factory Orders	Apr		0.3%	-0.9%
06/03/09 10:00 AM	ISM Services	May		45.0	43.7
06/03/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	05/29		NA	-5.41M
06/04/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	05/30		NA	623K
06/04/09 8:30 AM	Productivity-Rev.	Q1		1.2%	0.8%
06/04/09 8:30 AM	Unit Labor Costs	Q1		2.9%	3.3%
06/05/09 2:00 PM	Consumer Credit	Apr		-$6.0B	-$11.1B
06/05/09 8:30 AM	Average Workweek	May		33.2	33.2
06/05/09 8:30 AM	Hourly Earnings	May		0.2%	0.1%
06/05/09 8:30 AM	Nonfarm Payrolls	May		-550K	-539K
06/05/09 8:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	May		9.2%	8.9%

Economic Calendar key:
Actual refers to the actual figures after their release.
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Economic Calendar - May 2009, 4th week

Key economic data for the forth week of May starting May 2th, 2009 (Monday May 25th, 2009 is a Memorial Day - U.S. market is closed).

Date	Release	For	Actual	Consensus	Prior
05/26/09 9:00 AM	S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Index	Mar		-18.4%	-18.63%
05/26/09 10:00 AM	Consumer Confidence	May		42.0	39.2
05/27/09 10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales	Apr		4.65M	4.57M
05/28/09 8:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders	Apr		0.5%	-0.8%
05/28/09 8:30 AM	Durables, Ex-Transport	Apr		-0.3%	-0.6%
05/28/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	05/23		NA	631K
05/28/09 10:00 AM	New Home Sales	Apr		363K	356K
05/28/09 11:00 AM	Crude Inventories	5/22		NA	-2.10M
05/29/09 8:30 AM	GDP - Prelim.	Q1		-5.5%	-6.1%
05/29/09 8:30 AM	GDP Deflator	Q1		2.9%	2.9%
05/29/09 9:45 AM	Chicago PMI	May		42.0	40.1
05/29/09 9:55 AM	Mich Sentiment-Rev	May		68.0	67.9

Economic Calendar key:
Actual refers to the actual figures after their release.
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Economic Calendar - May 2009, 3rd week

Key economic data for the week starting May 18th, 2009.

Date	Release	For	Actual	Consensus	Prior
05/15/09 8:30 AM	Core CPI	Apr	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%
05/15/09 8:30 AM	CPI	Apr	0.0%	0.0%	-0.1%
05/15/09 8:30 AM	Empire Manufacturing	May	-4.55	-12.0	-14.65
05/15/09 9:00 AM	Net Long-Term TIC Flows		$55.8B	$32.5B	$22.0B
05/15/09 9:15 AM	Capacity Utilization	Apr	69.1%	68.8%	69.4%
05/15/09 9:15 AM	Industrial Production	Apr	-0.5%	-0.6%	-1.7%
05/15/09 9:55 AM	Mich Sentiment-Prel	May	67.9	67.0	65.1
05/19/09 8:30 AM	Building Permits	Apr		530K	516K
05/19/09 8:30 AM	Housing Starts	Apr		527K	510K
05/20/09 2:00 PM	FOMC Minutes	04/29		NA	NA
05/20/09 10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	05/15		NA	-4.63M
05/21/09 8:30 AM	Initial Claims	05/16		NA	610K
05/21/09 10:00 AM	Leading Indicators	Apr		0.6%	-0.3%
05/21/09 10:00 AM	Philadelphia Fed	May		-18.0	NA

Economic Calendar key:
Actual refers to the actual figures after their release.
Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.
Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.

Stock Options Expiration Calendar - 2009

Stock Options Expiration Calendar

Stock options expire on the third Friday of each month. In case when the third Friday is Exchange Holiday the stock options expiration is moved to third Thursday.

January 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31	February 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28	March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30	May 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31	June 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
July 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31	August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31	September 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
October 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31	November 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30	December 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Legend:

1	Week-ends and Exchange Holidays
20	Days when expiring equity, index and treasury/interest rate option classes cease trading.
15	Regular  trading days