United States Economic Calendar for October 21, 2011

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Fri., Oct 21				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	12:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	OCT 21	150.74B	-	150.33B
Tue., Oct 25				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index	AUG	142.84	-	142.77

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-20 (Y-o-Y)	AUG	-3.8%	-3.6%	-4.1%

	USD	10:00 AM	House Price Index (M-o-M)	AUG	-0.1%	-	0.0 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	OCT	39.8	46.83	46.4 (R)

	USD	10:00 AM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	OCT	-6	-1	-6
Wed., Oct 26				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	OCT 21	4.9%	-	-14.9%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders (M-o-M)	SEP	-0.8%	-0.83%	-0.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Transporation (M-o-M)	SEP	1.7%	1%	-0.4 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Defence (M-o-M)	SEP	-1.1%	-1.9%	-0.3 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Units	SEP	313K	303.33K	296 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Median Prices	SEP	204.4K	-	210.9 (R)K

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	OCT 21	337.6M	-	332.9M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	OCT 21	86.71	-	85.56
Thu., Oct 27				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q3	2.5%	2.70%	1.3%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q3	1.6 %	-	1.6 %

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q3	2.2 %	-	2.2 %

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Q-o-Q)	Q3	2.4%	-	0.7%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q3	1.6 %	-	1.3 %

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	OCT 22	402K	405K	404 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP Deflator (Q-o-Q)	Q3	2.5%	2.5%	2.5%

	USD	10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales Index	SEP	-4.6%	0.2%	-1.2%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	OCT 21	3716B	-	3624B
Fri., Oct 28				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	12:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	OCT 28	152.68B	-	150.74B

	USD	08:30 AM	Core PCE Deflator (M-o-M)	SEP	-	0.12%	0.2 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure Deflator (M-o-M)	SEP	0.2%	0.5%	0.3 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure Deflator (Y-o-Y)	SEP	2.9%	3%	2.9%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Spending (M-o-M)	SEP	0.6%	0.67%	0.2%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Income (M-o-M)	SEP	0.1%	0.32%	-0.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core PCE Deflator (Y-o-Y)	SEP	1.6%	1.7%	1.7 (R)%

	USD	09:55 AM	Univ. of Mich. Consumer Confidence Index	OCT	60.9	59.83	59.4
Mon., Oct 31				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	09:45 AM	Chicago PMI	OCT	58.4	58.5	60.4
Tue., Nov 01				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:00 AM	FOMC Meeting	-	-	-	-

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing New Orders Index	OCT	52.4	-	49.6

	USD	10:00 AM	Construction Spending - Total	SEP	0.2%	0.38%	1.6 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Construction Spending - Residential	SEP	0.7%	-	0.8 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing Survey	OCT	50.8	52.56	51.6

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing Prices Index	OCT	41.0	52	56.0
Wed., Nov 02				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	OCT 28	0.2%	-	4.9%

	USD	08:15 AM	ADP Employment Change	OCT	110K	95K	91K

	USD	10:00 AM	FOMC Meeting	-	-	-	-

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	OCT 28	339.5M	-	337.6M

	USD	12:30 PM	Interest Rate Decision	-	-	0.25%	0 - 0.25%

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United States Economic Calendar for October 21, 2011

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FOREX NEWS

U.S. Dollar Inches Higher Amid Delaying U.S.-Iran Deal, Strait Of Hormuz Blockade

NZ Dollar Slides After RBNZ Governor Breman Comments

NZ Dollar Slides Against Majors

U.S. Dollar Climbs Against Majors

U.S. Dollar Advances As U.S. Awaits A Revised Plan From Iran To End Hostilities

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

South Korea Industrial Output Adds 0.3% In March

Japan Data Due On Thursday

Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged In Unusually Divided Vote

Iceland Inflation Eases To 5.2% In April

U.S. Crude Oil Inventories Pull Back Sharply