United States Economic Calendar for March 4, 2012

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UNITED STATES ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Mon., Mar 05				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:00 AM	Factory Orders Ex. Defence (M-o-M)	JAN	-1.2%	-	1.6 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Factory Orders (M-o-M)	JAN	-1.0%	-1.35%	1.4 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Factory Orders Ex. Transporation M-o-M	JAN	-0.3%	-	0.7 (R%

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Non-Manufacturing New Orders Index	FEB	61.2	-	59.4

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Non-Manufacturing Prices Index	FEB	68.4	-	63.5

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Non-Manufacturing Survey	FEB	57.3	56.75	56.8
Wed., Mar 07				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	MAR 2	-1.2%	-	-0.3%

	USD	08:15 AM	ADP Employment Change	FEB	216K	205K	173 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Non-Farm Productivity (Y-o-Y)	Q4 F	0.3%	-	0.5 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Real Time Compensations (Y-o-Y)	Q4 F	0.2%	-	-1.2 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Unit Labor Cost (Q-o-Q)	Q4 F	2.8%	-	3.9 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Unit Labor Cost (Y-o-Y)	Q4 F	3.1%	-	2.0 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Non-Farm Productivity (Q-o-Q)	Q4 F	0.9%	-	1.8 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Real Time Compensations (Q-o-Q)	Q4 F	2.8%	-	2.6 (R)%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	MAR 2	345.7M	-	344.9M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	MAR 2	107.54	-	107.43

	USD	03:00 PM	Consumer Credit	JAN	17.8B	-	16.3 (R)B
Thu., Mar 08				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	MAR 2	355K	-	354K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	FEB 25	3416K	3394K	3406 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	MAR 2	362K	349.33K	351K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	FEB 25	3417.5K	-	3444K

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	MAR 2	2433B	-	2513B
Fri., Mar 09				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

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

	USD	12:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	MAR 9	147.52B	-	148.15B

	USD	08:30 AM	Avg Weekly Hours	FEB	33.8	-	33.7 (R)

	USD	08:30 AM	Participation Rate	FEB	63.9%	-	63.7%

	USD	08:30 AM	Change in Manufacturing Payrolls	FEB	31K	38K	52 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	FEB	8.3%	8.29%	8.3%

	USD	08:30 AM	Imports	JAN	233.37B	-	228.65 (R)B

	USD	08:30 AM	Non-Farm Payroll (M-o-M)	FEB	227K	220.14K	243K

	USD	08:30 AM	Avg Hourly Earnings	FEB	19.64	-	19.61 (R)

	USD	08:30 AM	Trade Balance	JAN	-52.57B	-49.08B	-50.42 (R)B

	USD	08:30 AM	Exports	JAN	180.81B	-	178.23 (R)B

	USD	10:00 AM	Inventories (Y-o-Y)	JAN	9.4%	-	10.0%

	USD	10:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (Y-o-Y)	JAN	7.9%	-	12.0 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Inventories (M-o-M)	JAN	0.4%	0.8%	1.1 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Wholesale Inventories - Sales Ratio	JAN	1.15	-	1.15

	USD	10:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (M-o-M)	JAN	-0.1%	-	1.3%
Mon., Mar 12				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	02:00 PM	Monthly Budget Statement	FEB	-231.68B	-240B	-27.41B
Tue., Mar 13				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	FEB	6.5%	-	6.3 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (Y-o-Y)	FEB	6.4%	-	6.4 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (M-o-M)	FEB	0.9%	-	1.1 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	FEB	1.1%	1.2%	0.4%

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FOREX NEWS

U.S. Dollar Slips Amid Mixed U.S. Economic Data Releases

Yen Falls Amid Rising Intervention Fears

Yen Falls Against Majors

U.S. Dollar Rallies Against Majors

U.S. Dollar Advances As High-Interest Rate Bets Grow Stronger

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

Austria Manufacturing Growth Softens

Italy Consumer Confidence Weakens In June; Business Morale Rises

Swedish Economic Confidence Improves In June

Norway Retail Sales Fall 2.1%

Tokyo Inflation Accelerates In June