United States Economic Calendar for October 19, 2012

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Fri., Oct 19				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Sales	SEP	4.75M	4.74M	4.83 (R)M

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Price	SEP	183.90K	-	184.9 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Inventories	SEP	2.32M	-	2.40 (R)M
Tue., Oct 23				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:00 AM	FOMC Meeting	-	-	-	-

	USD	10:00 AM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	OCT	-7	6	4

	USD	10:00 AM	House Price Index (M-o-M)	AUG	0.7%	0.25%	0.1 (R)%
Wed., Oct 24				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	OCT 19	-12%	-	-4.2%

	USD	09:00 AM	PMI Manufacturing	OCT P	51.3	51.5	51.1

	USD	10:00 AM	FOMC Meeting	-	-	-	-

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Median Prices	SEP	242.4K	-	250.4 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Units	SEP	389K	385.33K	368 (R)K

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	OCT 19	375.1M	-	369.2M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	OCT 19	91.64	-	91.38

	USD	02:15 PM	Interest Rate Decision	-	-	0.25%	0 - 0.25%
Thu., Oct 25				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders (M-o-M)	SEP	9.9%	8.24%	-13.1 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Defense (M-o-M)	SEP	9.1%	-	-12.3 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	OCT 20	369.0K	375K	392.0 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	OCT 13	3254K	-	3256 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	OCT 13	3269.75K	-	3276.50 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Transportation (M-o-M)	SEP	2.0%	1.02%	-2.1 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	OCT 20	368.0K	-	366.5 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales (M-o-M)	SEP	0.3%	3.27%	-2.6%

	USD	10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales (Y-o-Y)	SEP	14.5%	17.6%	10.7%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	OCT 19	3843B	-	3776B
Fri., Oct 26				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Q-o-Q)	Q3	2.0%	2.2%	1.5%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q3	1.6%	-	1.8%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q3	2.3%	-	2.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q3	2.0%	-	1.9%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q3	2.0%	1.84%	1.3%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP Deflator (Q-o-Q)	Q3	2.8%	2.4%	1.6%

	USD	09:55 AM	Univ. of Mich. Consumer Confidence Index	OCT	82.6	-	78.3
Mon., Oct 29				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure Deflator (M-o-M)	SEP	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure Deflator (Y-o-Y)	SEP	1.7%	1.6%	1.5%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core PCE Deflator (Y-o-Y)	SEP	1.7%	1.7%	1.6%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Income (M-o-M)	SEP	0.4%	0.4%	0.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Spending (M-o-M)	SEP	0.8%	0.62%	0.5%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core PCE Deflator (M-o-M)	SEP	0.1%	0.10%	0.1%
Tue., Oct 30				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-20 (Y-o-Y)	AUG	2.0%	1.7%	1.2%

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index	AUG	145.87	-	144.61
Wed., Oct 31				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	OCT 26	-4.8%	-	-12%

	USD	08:30 AM	Employment Cost Index	Q3	0.4%	0.45%	0.5%

	USD	09:45 AM	Chicago PMI	OCT	49.9	51	49.7
Thu., Nov 01				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:15 AM	ADP Employment Change	OCT	158.00K	152.5K	88.2 (R)K

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FOREX NEWS

Swiss Franc Rises Against Majors

Euro Rises Against Majors

Yen Slides Amid Risk-on Mood

Yen Slides Against Majors

U.S. Dollar Declines Against Majors

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

Czech Central Bank Cuts Key Interest Rate By 25 Bps As Expected

N. Macedonia Inflation Slows For Second Month

Luxembourg Inflation Accelerates First Time In 4 Months

Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged, Warns Of Higher Unemployment, Inflation.

U.S. Crude Oil Inventories Decrease Modestly Less Than Expected