United States Economic Calendar for February 19, 2011

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Tue., Feb 22				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index	DEC	142.42	-	143.85

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-20 (Y-o-Y)	DEC	-2.4 %	-2.1 %	-1.6 %

	USD	10:00 AM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	FEB	25	17	18

	USD	10:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	FEB	70.4	63	60.6
Wed., Feb 23				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	FEB 18	13.2 %	-	-9.5 %

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Inventories	JAN	3.38M	-	3.56M

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Price	JAN	158.8K	-	168.8K

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Sales	JAN	5.36M	5.2M	5.28M
Thu., Feb 24				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	FEB 12	3790K	-	3935 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	FEB 19	391K	403K	413 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders (M-o-M)	JAN	2.7%	3.0%	-2.5%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Defence (M-o-M)	JAN	1.9%	-	-2.5%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Transporation (M-o-M)	JAN	-3.6%	0.4%	0.5%

	USD	10:00 AM	House Price Index (Q-o-Q)	Q4	-0.8%	-	-1.6%

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Median Prices	JAN	230.6K	-	235.0 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Units	JAN	284 K	300 K	325 (R) K

	USD	10:00 AM	House Price Index (M-o-M)	DEC	-0.3 %	-	-0.3 (R) %

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	FEB 18	1830B	-	1911B

	USD	11:00 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	FEB 18	346.7M	-	345.9M

	USD	01:30 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	FEB 18	85.12	-	86.69
Fri., Feb 25				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	12:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	FEB 25	134.65B	-	133.54B

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q4	3.7%	-	3.2%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Q-o-Q)	Q4	4.1%	-	2.4%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q4	0.8%	-	1.2%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q4	2.6%	-	1.8%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q4	2.8%	3.3%	2.6%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP Deflator (Q-o-Q)	Q4	0.4%	0.3%	2.1%

	USD	09:55 AM	Univ. of Mich. Consumer Confidence Index	FEB	77.5	75.1	75.1
Mon., Feb 28				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure Deflator (M-o-M)	JAN	0.3%	-	0.3%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure Deflator (Y-o-Y)	JAN	1.2%	-	1.2%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Spending (M-o-M)	JAN	0.2%	0.4%	0.7%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core PCE Deflator (M-o-M)	JAN	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Income (M-o-M)	JAN	1.0%	0.4%	0.4%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core PCE Deflator (Y-o-Y)	JAN	0.8Trillion	-	0.7Trillion

	USD	09:45 AM	Chicago PMI	FEB	71.2	68.1	68.8

	USD	10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales Index	JAN	-2.8%	-2.3%	2.0%
Tue., Mar 01				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing Survey	FEB	61.4	60.8	60.8

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing New Orders Index	FEB	68.0	-	67.8

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing Prices Index	FEB	82.0	82.4	81.5

	USD	10:00 AM	Construction Spending - Residential	JAN	5.1 %	-	-2.1 (R) %

	USD	10:00 AM	Construction Spending - Total	JAN	-0.7 %	-0.4 %	-1.6 (R) %
Wed., Mar 02				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	FEB 25	-6.5%	-	13.2%

	USD	08:15 AM	ADP Employment Change	FEB	217 K	180 K	189 (R) K

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FOREX NEWS

Australian Dollar Rises On Iran War De-escalation Hopes

Australian Dollar Rises Against Majors

NZ Dollar Falls On Weak China PMI Data

NZ Dollar Falls Against Majors

U.S. Dollar Advances Against Majors

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

U.S. Services Index Indicates Slower Growth In March

Brazil Services Activity Broadly Stagnates In March

Singapore Private Sector Growth Eases In March

Estonia Industrial Output Falls 0.5%

Spain Unemployment Falls Unexpectedly