United States Economic Calendar for July 31, 2012

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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)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Construction Spending - Total	JUN	0.4%	0.30%	1.6 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Construction Spending - Residential	JUN	1.3%	-	2.9%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	JUL 27	373.6M	-	380.1M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	JUL 27	89.03	-	90.32

	USD	02:15 PM	Interest Rate Decision	-	-	0.25%	0 - 0.25%
Thu., Aug 02				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	JUL 21	3298.50K	-	3310 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	JUL 28	365.50K	-	368.25 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	JUL 28	365K	367.75K	357 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	JUL 21	3272K	3275K	3291 (R)K

	USD	09:45 AM	ISM NY Business Conditions	JUL	55.2	-	49.7

	USD	10:00 AM	Factory Orders Ex. Transportation M-o-M	JUN	-1.8%	-	0.0 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Factory Orders (M-o-M)	JUN	-0.5%	0.94%	0.5 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Factory Orders Ex. Defense (M-o-M)	JUN	-1.5%	-	0.2 (R)%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	JUL 27	3217B	-	3189B
Fri., Aug 03				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	12:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	AUG 3	149.71B	-	149.53B

	USD	08:30 AM	Participation Rate	JUL	63.7%	-	63.8%

	USD	08:30 AM	Non-Farm Payroll (M-o-M)	JUL	163K	97.5K	80K

	USD	08:30 AM	Change in Manufacturing Payrolls	JUL	25K	5K	10 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	JUL	8.3%	8.18%	8.2%

	USD	08:30 AM	Avg Hourly Earnings	JUL	19.77	-	19.75 (R)

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

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Non-Manufacturing Survey	JUL	52.6	52.18	52.1

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Non-Manufacturing New Orders Index	JUL	54.3	-	53.3

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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

China Inflation Data Due On Monday

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