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