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