United States Economic Calendar for July 25, 2012

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Wed., Jul 25				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	JUL 20	0.9%	-	16.9%

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Median Prices	JUN	232.6K	-	237.1 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Units	JUN	350K	370.5K	382 (R)K

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	JUL 20	380.1M	-	377.4M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	JUL 20	90.32	-	85.78
Thu., Jul 26				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Transportation (M-o-M)	JUN	-1.1%	0%	0.8 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	JUL 14	3309K	-	3312.75 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	JUL 14	3287K	3300K	3317 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	JUL 21	367.25K	-	376 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	JUL 21	353K	381.25K	388 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Defense (M-o-M)	JUN	-0.7%	0.67%	1.1 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders (M-o-M)	JUN	1.6%	0.4%	1.1%

	USD	10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales (Y-o-Y)	JUN	9.5%	-	13.34%

	USD	10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales (M-o-M)	JUN	-1.39%	1.44%	5.45 (R)%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	JUL 20	3189B	-	3163B
Fri., Jul 27				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	12:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	JUL 27	149.53B	-	148.88B

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q2	1.5%	1.47%	2.0 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP Deflator (Q-o-Q)	Q2	1.6%	1.4%	2.0%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q2	1.9%	-	1.8 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q2	2.2%	-	2.4 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q2	1.9%	-	2.0%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Q-o-Q)	Q2	1.5%	-	2.4 (R)%

	USD	09:55 AM	Univ. of Mich. Consumer Confidence Index	JUL	72.3	-	73.2
Tue., Jul 31				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Employment Cost Index	Q2	0.5%	-	0.4%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core PCE Deflator (Y-o-Y)	JUN	1.8%	1.83%	1.8%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Spending (M-o-M)	JUN	-	0.05%	-0.1 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Income (M-o-M)	JUN	0.5%	0.38%	0.3 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure Deflator (Y-o-Y)	JUN	1.5%	1.5%	1.5%

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

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure Deflator (M-o-M)	JUN	0.1%	0%	-0.2%

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-20 (Y-o-Y)	MAY	-0.7%	-1.40%	-1.9%

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index	MAY	138.96	-	135.80

	USD	09:45 AM	Chicago PMI	JUL	53.7	52.80	52.9

	USD	10:00 AM	FOMC Meeting	-	-	-	-

	USD	10:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	JUL	65.9	61.38	62.7 (R)
Wed., Aug 01				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	JUL 27	0.2%	-	0.9%

	USD	08:15 AM	ADP Employment Change	JUL	163K	117.5K	172 (R)K

	USD	09:00 AM	PMI Manufacturing	JUL	51.4	-	52.5

	USD	10:00 AM	FOMC Meeting	-	-	-	-

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing Prices Index	JUL	39.5	41	37

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing New Orders Index	JUL	48.0	-	47.8

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing Survey	JUL	49.8	50.32	49.7

	USD	10:00 AM	Construction Spending - Public	JUN	-	-	0.5 (R)%

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FOREX NEWS

U.S. Dollar Drops Against Majors

U.S. Dollar Slides As Expectations Of A U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Continues To Increase

Euro Rises Against Majors

U.S. Dollar Climbs Against Majors

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

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

U.S. Wholesale Inventories Jump Slightly Less Than Expected In March

Slovak Industrial Production Falls 0.9%

U.S. Consumer Sentiment Index Dips To New Record Low In May

U.S. Employment Jumps By 115,000 Jobs In April, Much More Than Expected

Portugal Trade Deficit Widens In March