United States Economic Calendar for May 26, 2012

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Tue., May 29				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-20 (Y-o-Y)	MAR	-2.57%	-2.5%	-3.5%

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index	MAR	134.10	-	134.20

	USD	10:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	MAY	64.9	69.62	68.7 (R)
Wed., May 30				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	MAY 25	-1.3%	-	3.8%

	USD	10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales (Y-o-Y)	APR	14.7%	-	10.5 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales (M-o-M)	APR	-5.5%	0%	4.1%
Thu., May 31				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:15 AM	ADP Employment Change	MAY	133K	146.67K	113 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q1	1.9%	-	3.0%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP Deflator (Q-o-Q)	Q1	1.7%	-	0.9%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q1	2.0%	-	1.6%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Q-o-Q)	Q1	2.7%	-	2.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q1	1.9%	-	1.8%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q1	1.8%	-	1.6%

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	MAY 19	3263.75K	-	3275.75 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	MAY 19	3242K	-	3278 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	MAY 26	383K	370K	373 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	MAY 26	374K	368K	370.75 (R)K

	USD	09:45 AM	Chicago PMI	MAY	52.7	57.86	56.2

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	MAY25	2815B	-	2744B

	USD	11:00 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	MAY 25	384.7M	-	382.5M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	MAY 25	91.13	-	93.12
Fri., Jun 01				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	12:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	JUN 1	149.15B	-	149.49B

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

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

	USD	08:30 AM	Core PCE Deflator (Y-o-Y)	APR	1.9%	2%	2.0%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Income (M-o-M)	APR	0.2%	0.28%	0.4%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Spending (M-o-M)	APR	0.3%	0.3%	0.2 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure Deflator (Y-o-Y)	APR	1.8%	-	2.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	MAY	8.2%	8.12%	8.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Participation Rate	MAY	63.8%	-	63.6%

	USD	08:30 AM	Avg Hourly Earnings	MAY	19.70	-	19.71 (R)

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

	USD	08:30 AM	Change in Manufacturing Payrolls	MAY	12K	17.5K	9 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Non-Farm Payroll (M-o-M)	MAY	69K	150.83K	115K

	USD	09:00 AM	PMI Manufacturing	MAY	54.0	-	56.0

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing New Orders Index	MAY	60.1	-	58.2

	USD	10:00 AM	Construction Spending - Public	APR	-1.4%	-	-0.68 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Construction Spending - Residential	APR	2.6%	-	0.36 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Construction Spending - Total	APR	0.3%	0.47%	0.3 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing Prices Index	MAY	47.5	56.5	61

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing Survey	MAY	53.5	54.13	54.8
Mon., Jun 04				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	09:45 AM	ISM NY Business Conditions	MAY	49.9	-	61.2

	USD	10:00 AM	Factory Orders Ex. Defense (M-o-M)	APR	-0.2%	-	-2.1 (R)%

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United States Economic Calendar for May 26, 2012

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FOREX NEWS

Euro Rises Against Majors

U.S. Dollar Climbs Against Majors

U.S. Dollar Ticks Higher As Iran Asserts Its Control Over Strait Of Hormuz

Indian Rupee Rises Amid US-Iran Optimism

U.S. Dollar Climbs Against Canadian Dollar

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

U.S. Employment Jumps Much More Than Expected In April

Spain Industrial Production Rebounds

Lithuania Trade Gap Narrows In March

Austria Production Index Grows In March

Taiwan Trade Surplus Grows In April