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%