United States Economic Calendar for September 16, 2012

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Mon., Sep 17				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Empire State Mfr Index - Business Condition	SEP	-10.4	-1	-5.85

	USD	08:30 AM	Empire State Mfr Index - Prices Paid	SEP	19.15	-	16.47

	USD	08:30 AM	Empire State Mfr Index - Prices Received	SEP	5.32	-	2.35
Tue., Sep 18				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Current Account Balance - BoP	Q2	-117.4B	-127.05B	-133.6 (R)B

	USD	09:00 AM	Total Net TIC Flows	JUL	73.7B	-	15.1 (R)B

	USD	09:00 AM	Net Long-term TIC Flows	JUL	67.0B	-	9.3B

	USD	10:00 AM	NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index	SEP	40	37.75	37
Wed., Sep 19				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	SEP 14	-0.2%	-	11.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Building Permits (M-o-M)	AUG	803K	-	812K

	USD	08:30 AM	Housing Starts (M-o-M)	AUG	750K	775.5K	733 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Inventories	AUG	2.47M	-	2.40M

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Sales	AUG	4.82M	4.6M	4.47M

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Price	AUG	187.4K	-	187. 8 (R)K

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	SEP 14	367.6M	-	359.1M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	SEP 14	97.61	-	95.65
Thu., Sep 20				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	SEP 8	3309.75K	-	3321.75 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	SEP 15	377.75K	-	375.75 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	SEP 15	382K	372.5K	385 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	SEP 8	3272K	3260K	3304 (R)K

	USD	09:00 AM	PMI Manufacturing	SEP P	51.5	51	51.5

	USD	10:00 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Prices Paid	SEP	8.0	-	11.2

	USD	10:00 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Prices Received	SEP	-0.2	-	2.8

	USD	10:00 AM	Leading Index	AUG	-0.1%	-0.13%	0.5 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Lagging Index	AUG	0.2%	-	0.3 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Coincidence Index	AUG	0.1%	-	0.3%

	USD	10:00 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Business Condition	SEP	-1.9	-2.5	-7.1

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	SEP 14	3496B	-	3429B
Tue., Sep 25				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-20 (Y-o-Y)	JUL	1.2%	0.82%	0.5%

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index	JUL	144.61%	-	142.21%

	USD	10:00 AM	House Price Index (M-o-M)	JUL	0.2%	0.6%	0.6 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	SEP	70.3	64.1	61.3 (R)

	USD	10:00 AM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	SEP	4	-6.5	-9
Wed., Sep 26				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	SEP 21	2.8%	-	-0.2%

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Median Prices	AUG	256.9K	-	231.1 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Units	AUG	373K	383.17K	374 (R)K

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	SEP 21	365.2M	-	367.6M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	SEP 21	93.73	-	97.61
Thu., Sep 27				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders (M-o-M)	AUG	-13.2%	-	3.3 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Transportation (M-o-M)	AUG	-1.6%	-	-1.3 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Defense (M-o-M)	AUG	-12.4%	-	4.7 (R)%

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

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

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q2	1.3%	-	2.0%

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FOREX NEWS

U.S. Dollar Ticks Higher After U.S. Rejects Iran's Proposal To End Gulf War

Yen Falls As Japan Intervention Risks

Yen Falls Against Majors

Dollar Slipped Further Last Week Despite Strong Jobs Data

U.S. Dollar Drops Against Majors

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

U.S. Consumer Prices Increase 0.6% In April, In Line With Estimates

Brazil Inflation Rises To 4.39% In April

India Inflation Rises Slightly

U.S. Consumer Prices Increase In Line With Estimates In April

South Africa Jobless Rate Rises In Q1