United States Economic Calendar for March 29, 2012

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Thu., Mar 29				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

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

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

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

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q4 F	1.6%	-	2.0%

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

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

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	MAR 24	365K	-	368.5 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	MAR 24	359K	346K	364 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	MAR 17	3387.75K	-	3409.50 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	MAR 17	3340K	3350K	3381 (R)K

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	MAR 23	2437B	-	2380B
Fri., Mar 30				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	12:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	MAR 30	148.45B	-	147.89B

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure Deflator (M-o-M)	FEB	0.3%	0.25%	0.2%

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

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

	USD	08:30 AM	Core PCE Deflator (Y-o-Y)	FEB	1.9%	1.9%	1.9%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Income (M-o-M)	FEB	0.2%	0.4%	0.3%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Spending (M-o-M)	FEB	0.8%	0.56%	0.4 (R)%

	USD	09:45 AM	Chicago PMI	MAR	62.2	62.25	64.0

	USD	09:55 AM	Univ. of Mich. Consumer Confidence Index	MAR	76.2	-	75.3
Mon., Apr 02				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:00 AM	Construction Spending - Residential	FEB	-	-	-0.1 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing Prices Index	MAR	61	62.5	61.5

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing Survey	MAR	53.4	53	52.4

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing New Orders Index	MAR	53.4	-	54.9

	USD	10:00 AM	Construction Spending - Total	FEB	-1.1%	0.72%	-0.1%

	USD	10:00 AM	Construction Spending - Public	FEB	-1.7%	-	0.05 (R)%
Tue., Apr 03				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:00 AM	Factory Orders Ex. Defense (M-o-M)	FEB	1.1%	-	-1.3 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Factory Orders Ex. Transportation M-o-M	FEB	0.9%	-	-0.5 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Factory Orders (M-o-M)	FEB	1.3%	1.5%	-1.0%

	USD	02:00 PM	FOMC Meeting Minutes	-	-	-	-
Wed., Apr 04				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	MAR 30	4.8%	-	-2.7%

	USD	08:15 AM	ADP Employment Change	MAR	209K	222.5K	230 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Non-Manufacturing New Orders Index	MAR	58.8	-	61.2

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Non-Manufacturing Prices Index	MAR	63.9	-	68.4

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Non-Manufacturing Survey	MAR	56	57.35	57.3

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	MAR 30	362.4M	-	353.4M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	MAR 30	105.11	-	106.64
Thu., Apr 05				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	MAR 24	3338K	-	3354 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	MAR 31	361.75K	-	366 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	MAR 31	357K	-	363 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	MAR 24	3367.25K	-	3391.75 (R)K

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	MAR 30	2479B	-	2437B
Fri., Apr 06				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	12:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	APR 6	148.52B	-	148.46B

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FOREX NEWS

U.S. Dollar Drops Against Most Majors

U.S. Dollar Slides As Plummeting Crude Oil Prices Ease Inflation Pressures

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

Yen Falls Amid Rising Intervention Fears

Yen Falls Against Majors

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

U.S. Consumer Sentiment Rebounds Slightly More Than Previously Estimated In June

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%