United States Economic Calendar for December 20, 2011

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Tue., Dec 20				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Housing Starts (M-o-M)	NOV	685K	637.67K	627 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Building Permits (M-o-M)	NOV	681K	622K	644 (R)K
Wed., Dec 21				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	DEC 16	-2.6%	-	4.1%

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Inventories	NOV	2.58M	-	2.74(R)M

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Sales	NOV	4.42M	4.78M	4.25(R)M

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Price	NOV	164.2K	-	160.8 (R)K

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	DEC 16	323.6M	-	334.2M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	DEC 16	96.05	-	100.10
Thu., Dec 22				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q3	1.8%	-	1.3%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q3	1.5%	-	1.6%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Q-o-Q)	Q3	1.7%	-	0.7%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP Deflator (Q-o-Q)	Q3	2.6%	-	2.5%

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

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q3	2.0%	-	2.2%

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	DEC 17	364K	375K	368 (R)K

	USD	09:55 AM	Univ. of Mich. Consumer Confidence Index	DEC	69.9	-	64.1

	USD	10:00 AM	Coincidence Index	NOV	0.1%	-	0.2%

	USD	10:00 AM	Lagging Index	NOV	0.1%	-	0.6%

	USD	10:00 AM	Leading Index	NOV	0.5%	0.32%	0.9%

	USD	10:00 AM	House Price Index (M-o-M)	OCT	-0.2%	0.2%	0.4 (R)%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	DEC 16	3629B	-	3729B
Fri., Dec 23				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	12:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	DEC 23	145.39B	-	146.74B

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure Deflator (M-o-M)	NOV	-	0%	-0.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders (M-o-M)	NOV	3.8%	-	0.0 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Defence (M-o-M)	NOV	3.7%	-	1.1 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Transporation (M-o-M)	NOV	0.3%	-	1.5 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Income (M-o-M)	NOV	0.1%	0.3%	0.4%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Spending (M-o-M)	NOV	0.1%	0.32%	0.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure Deflator (Y-o-Y)	NOV	2.5%	2.65%	2.7%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core PCE Deflator (M-o-M)	NOV	0.1%	0.13%	0.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core PCE Deflator (Y-o-Y)	NOV	1.7%	1.75%	1.7%

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Median Prices	NOV	214.1K	-	222.6 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Units	NOV	315K	314.5K	310 (R)K
Tue., Dec 27				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index	OCT	140.30	-	141.97

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-20 (Y-o-Y)	OCT	-1.2%	-3.25%	-3.6%

	USD	10:00 AM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	DEC	3	-	0

	USD	10:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	DEC	64.5	59	55.2 (R)
Thu., Dec 29				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	DEC 24	381K	-	366 (R)K

	USD	09:45 AM	Chicago PMI	DEC	62.5	-	62.6

	USD	10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales Index	NOV	7.3%	0.25%	10.4%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	DEC 23	3548B	-	3629B

	USD	11:00 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	DEC 23	327.5M	-	323.6M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	DEC 23	97.80	-	96.05

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FOREX NEWS

U.S. Dollar Retreats Against Euro, Pound

Pound Rises After U.K. Burnham Victory

Pound Rises Against Majors

U.S. Dollar Climbs Against Most Majors

U.S. Dollar Advances Amid Concerns Over Fed Rates, Crude Oil Output Delay

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

Russia Central Bank Cuts Rate By 25 Bps

Turkey Capacity Utilization Rises To 1-year High; Business Confidence Strengthens

Slovenian Consumer Confidence Improves In May

Greece Current Account Gap Narrows In April

Germany Producer Price Inflation Fastest In 3 Years