United States Economic Calendar for February 4, 2012

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Tue., Feb 07				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	03:00 PM	Consumer Credit	DEC	19.3B	7.38B	20.4B
Wed., Feb 08				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	FEB 3	7.5%	-	-2.9%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	FEB 3	339.2M	-	338.9M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	FEB 3	97.81	-	99.44
Thu., Feb 09				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	12:00 AM	OPEC Oil Market Report	-	-	-	-

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	FEB 3	358K	367K	373 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (M-o-M)	DEC	1.3%	-	0.5 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Inventories (Y-o-Y)	DEC	10.0%	-	10.5%

	USD	10:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (Y-o-Y)	DEC	11.8%	-	11.3%

	USD	10:00 AM	Inventories (M-o-M)	DEC	1.0%	0.5%	0.0 (R)%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	FEB 3	2888B	-	2966B
Fri., Feb 10				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	12:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	FEB 10	149.54B	-	149.67B

	USD	04:00 AM	IEA Oil Market Report	-	-	-	-

	USD	08:30 AM	Trade Balance	DEC	-48.80B	-48.07B	-47.06 (R)B

	USD	08:30 AM	Exports	DEC	178.76B	-	177.53 (R)B

	USD	08:30 AM	Imports	DEC	227.56B	-	224.58 (R)B

	USD	02:00 PM	Monthly Budget Statement	JAN	-27.41B	-	-85.97B
Tue., Feb 14				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	JAN	5.8%	-	6. 2(R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (Y-o-Y)	JAN	5.5%	-	5.4 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Exports (M-o-M)	JAN	0.2%	-	-0.5%

	USD	08:30 AM	Exports (Y-o-Y)	JAN	2.5%	-	3.6%

	USD	08:30 AM	Import Price Index (M-o-M)	JAN	0.3%	0.23%	-0.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Import Price Index (Y-o-Y)	JAN	7.1%	7.1%	8.5%

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (M-o-M)	JAN	0.7%	0.5%	-0.5 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	JAN	0.4%	0.73%	0.1%

	USD	10:00 AM	Business Sales (Y-o-Y)	DEC	8.9%	-	9.6%

	USD	10:00 AM	Business Inventories (Y-o-Y)	DEC	7.7%	-	8.5%

	USD	10:00 AM	Business Inventories (M-o-M)	DEC	0.4%	0.3%	0.3%

	USD	10:00 AM	Business Sales (M-o-M)	DEC	0.7%	0.3%	0.4(R)%
Wed., Feb 15				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	FEB 10	-1.0%	-	7.5%

	USD	08:30 AM	Empire State Mfr Index - Prices Paid	FEB	25.88	-	26.37

	USD	08:30 AM	Empire State Mfr Index - Prices Received	FEB	15.29	-	23.08

	USD	08:30 AM	Empire State Mfr Index - Business Condition	FEB	19.53	14.55	13.48

	USD	09:00 AM	Net Long-term TIC Flows	DEC	17.9B	-	61.3 (R)B

	USD	09:00 AM	Total Net TIC Flows	DEC	87.1B	-	42.9 (R)B

	USD	09:15 AM	Industrial Production (M-o-M)	JAN	-	0.82%	0.4%

	USD	09:15 AM	Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)	JAN	3.4%	-	2.9%

	USD	09:15 AM	Capacity Utilization (M-o-M)	JAN	78.5%	78.7%	78.6 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index	FEB	29	-	25

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	FEB 10	339.1M	-	339.2M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	FEB 10	98.51	-	97.81

	USD	02:00 PM	Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes	-	-	-	-
Thu., Feb 16				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Core PPI (M-o-M)	JAN	0.4%	0.16%	0.3%

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FOREX NEWS

U.S. Dollar Rises Amid Hawkish Fed Policy Outlook

U.S. Dollar Climbs Against Euro, Franc

Antipodean Currency's Slide Amid Risk-off Mood

U.S. Dollar Rises Against Most Majors

Antipodean Currency's Slide Amid Risk-off Mood

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

South Africa Leading Index Falls In April

U.K. Private Sector Shrinks For Second Month

Eurozone Private Sector Shrinks At Slower Pace

Spain Trade Gap Widens In April

Taiwan Export Order Growth Slows In May