United States Economic Calendar for February 19, 2012

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UNITED STATES ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Wed., Feb 22				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	FEB 17	-4.5%	-	-1.0%

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Inventories	JAN	2.31M	-	2.32 (R)M

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Price	JAN	154.7K	-	162.2 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Sales	JAN	4.57M	4.65M	4.38 (R)M
Thu., Feb 23				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	FEB 17	351K	352.5K	359K

	USD	10:00 AM	House Price Index (Q-o-Q)	Q4	-0.10%	-	0.22 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	House Price Index (M-o-M)	DEC	0.7%	-	0.7 (R)%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	FEB 17	2595B	-	2761B

	USD	11:00 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	FEB 17	340.7M	-	339.1M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	FEB 17	101.80	-	98.51
Fri., Feb 24				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	12:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	FEB 24	149.26B	-	148.54B

	USD	09:55 AM	Univ. of Mich. Consumer Confidence Index	FEB	75.3	-	75.0

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Median Prices	JAN	217.1K	-	216.5 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Units	JAN	321K	322.5K	324 (R)K
Mon., Feb 27				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales Index	JAN	2.0%	1.48%	-1.9 (R)%
Tue., Feb 28				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Transporation (M-o-M)	JAN	-3.2%	-	2.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Defence (M-o-M)	JAN	-4.5%	-	3.8 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders (M-o-M)	JAN	-4.0%	-0.16%	3.2 (R)%

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index	DEC	136.71	-	138.49

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-20 (Y-o-Y)	DEC	-4.0%	-3.63%	-3.7%

	USD	10:00 AM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	FEB	20	13	12

	USD	10:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	FEB	70.8	62.12	61.5 (R)
Wed., Feb 29				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	FEB 24	-0.3%	-	-4.5%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q4	3.0%	-	1.8%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q4	1.6%	-	1.5%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Q-o-Q)	Q4	2.1%	-	1.7%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP Deflator (Q-o-Q)	Q4	0.9%	-	2.6%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q4	1.7%	2%	2.0%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q4	1.8%	-	1.6%

	USD	09:45 AM	Chicago PMI	FEB	64.0	60	60.2

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	FEB 24	344.9M	-	340.7M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	FEB 24	107.43	-	101.80
Thu., Mar 01				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Core PCE Deflator (M-o-M)	JAN	0.2%	0.2%	0.1 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure Deflator (Y-o-Y)	JAN	2.4%	2.3%	2.5 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure Deflator (M-o-M)	JAN	0.2%	0.3%	0.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Income (M-o-M)	JAN	0.3%	0.53%	0.5%

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	FEB 24	351K	349.33K	353 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Core PCE Deflator (Y-o-Y)	JAN	1.9%	1.85%	1.9 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Spending (M-o-M)	JAN	0.2%	0.43%	0.0%

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing Survey	FEB	52.4	54.72	54.1

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing New Orders Index	FEB	54.9	-	57.6

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing Prices Index	FEB	61.5	58	55.5

	USD	10:00 AM	Construction Spending - Residential	JAN	1.6%	-	1.38 (R)%

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FOREX NEWS

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U.S. Dollar Rises Against Most Majors

Canadian Dollar Falls As Crude Oil Prices Slide

Canadian Dollar Falls Against Majors

U.S. Dollar Recovers Against Majors

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

Australia Rate Decision Due On Tuesday

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Portugal Industrial Output Rebounds In March

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