THIS WEEK'S MARKET MOVERS

THIS WEEK'S U.S. economic reports
time (et)	report	period	Actual	CONSENSUS forecast	previous
MONDAY, DEC. 30
10 am	Pending home sales	Nov.		--	-0.6%
TUESDAY, DEC. 31
9 am	Case-Shiller home prices	Oct.		--	13.3% y-o-y
9:45 am	Chicago PMI	Dec.		61.0	63.0
10 am	Consumer confidence	Dec.		76.2	70.4
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1
	New Year's Day None scheduled
THURSDAY, JAN. 2
8:30 am	Weekly jobless claims	12/28		342,000	338,000
9 am	Market PMI	Dec.		--	54.4
10 am	ISM	Dec.		56.6%	57.3%
10 am	Construction spending	Nov.		0.8%	0.8%
FRIDAY, JAN. 3
TBA	Motor vehicle sales	Dec.		16.0 mln	16.3 mln

THIS WEEK'S MARKET MOVERS

time (et)	report	period	Actual	CONSENSUS forecast	previous
MONDAY, DEC. 16
8:30 am	Empire state index	Dec.	1.0	5.0	-2.2
8:30 am	Productivity revision	Q3	3.0%	2.9%	1.9%
9:15 am	Industrial production	Nov.	1.1%	0.6%	0.1%
9:15 am	Capacity utilization	Nov.	79.0%	78.5%	78.2%
TUESDAY, DEC. 17
8:30 am	Consumer price index	Nov.	0.0%	0.1%	-0.1%
8:30 am	Core CPI	Nov.	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
8:30 am	Current account	Q3	-$95 bln	--	-$97 bln
10 am	Home builders' index	Dec.	58	56	54
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18
8:30 am	Housing starts	Nov.	1.09 mln	963,000	889,000 (Oct)
8:30 am	Building permits	Nov.	1.01 mln	990,000	1.04 mln
2 pm	FOMC statement		$75 bln	$85 bln	$85 bln
2:30 am	Bernanke press conference
THURSDAY, DEC. 19
8:30 am	Weekly jobless claims	12/14	379,000	338,000	369,000
10 am	Existing home sales	Nov.	4.90 mln	5.00 mln	5.12 mln
10 am	Philly Fed	Dec.	7.0	11.0	6.5
10 am	Leading indicators	Nov.	0.8%	--	0.1%
FRIDAY, DEC. 20
8:30 am	GDP revision	Q3	4.1%	3.7%	3.6%

 

THIS WEEK'S MARKET MOVERS

time (et)	report	period	Actual	CONSENSUS forecast	previous
MONDAY, DEC. 16
8:30 am	Empire state index	Dec.		5.0	-2.2
8:30 am	Productivity revision	Q3		2.9%	1.9%
9:15 am	Industrial production	Nov.		0.6%	-0.1%
9:15 am	Capacity utilization	Nov.		78.5%	78.1%
TUESDAY, DEC. 17
8:30 am	Consumer price index	Nov.		0.1%	-0.1%
8:30 am	Core CPI	Nov.		0.1%	0.1%
8:30 am	Current account	Q3		--	-$99 bln
10 am	Home builders' index	Dec.		56	54
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18
8:30 am	Housing starts	Nov.		960,000	891,000 (Aug)
8:30 am	Building permits	Nov.		995,000	1.04 mln
2 pm	FOMC statement			$85 bln	$85 bln
2:30 am	Bernanke press conference
THURSDAY, DEC. 19
8:30 am	Weekly jobless claims	12/14		338,000	368,000
10 am	Existing home sales	Nov.		5.00 mln	5.12 mln
10 am	Philly Fed	Dec.		10.0	6.5
10 am	Leading indicators	Nov.		--	0.2%
FRIDAY, DEC. 20
8:30 am	GDP revision	Q3		3.7%	3.6%