United States Economic Calendar for February 1, 2013

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Fri., Feb 01				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Participation Rate	JAN	63.6%	-	63.6%

	USD	08:30 AM	Change in Manufacturing Payrolls	JAN	4K	10K	8 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Avg Hourly Earnings	JAN	19.97	-	19.92

	USD	08:30 AM	Avg Weekly Hours	JAN	33.6	-	33.7 (R)

	USD	08:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	JAN	7.9%	7.8%	7.8%

	USD	08:30 AM	Non-Farm Payroll (M-o-M)	JAN	157K	142K	155K

	USD	09:00 AM	PMI Manufacturing	JAN F	55.8	56.1	54.0

	USD	09:55 AM	Univ. of Mich. Consumer Confidence Index	JAN	73.8	71.3	71.3

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing Prices Index	JAN	56.5	56	55.5

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing Survey	JAN	53.1	50.5	50.2 (R)

	USD	10:00 AM	Construction Spending - Residential	DEC	2.1%	-	0.7 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Construction Spending - Public	DEC	-1.4%	-	-0.1 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Construction Spending - Total	DEC	0.9%	0.55%	-0.1 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing New Orders Index	JAN	53.3	-	49.7 (R)
Mon., Feb 04				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	09:45 AM	ISM NY Business Conditions	JAN	56.7	-	57.7 (R)

	USD	10:00 AM	Factory Orders Ex. Defense (M-o-M)	DEC	0.3%	-	-0.3 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Factory Orders Ex. Transportation M-o-M	DEC	0.2%	-	-0.2 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Factory Orders (M-o-M)	DEC	-	-	0.0%

	USD	10:00 AM	Factory Orders (M-o-M)	DEC	1.8%	2.28%	-0.3 (R)%
Tue., Feb 05				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Non-Manufacturing Prices Index	JAN	58.0	-	56.1 (R)

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Non-Manufacturing New Orders Index	JAN	54.4	-	58.3 (R)

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Non-Manufacturing Survey	JAN	55.2	55.2	55.7 (R)
Wed., Feb 06				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	JAN 25	3.4%	-	-8.1%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	FEB 1	371.7M	-	369.1M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	FEB 1	97.44	-	95.83
Thu., Feb 07				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Non-Farm Productivity (Y-o-Y)	Q4 P	0.6%	-	1.7%

	USD	08:30 AM	Unit Labor Cost (Q-o-Q)	Q4 P	4.5%	2.65%	-1.9%

	USD	08:30 AM	Real Time Compensations (Q-o-Q)	Q4 P	0.3%	-	-1.4%

	USD	08:30 AM	Real Time Compensations (Y-o-Y)	Q4 P	0.7%	-	0.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Unit Labor Cost (Y-o-Y)	Q4 P	1.9%	-	0.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	JAN 26	3224K	-	3216 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	JAN 26	3211K	-	3197.25 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	FEB 2	350.50K	-	352.75 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Non-Farm Productivity (Q-o-Q)	Q4 P	-2.0%	-0.88%	2.9%

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	FEB 2	366K	363.33K	371 (R)K

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	FEB 2	2684B	-	2802B

	USD	03:00 PM	Consumer Credit	DEC	14.6B	-	16.1B
Fri., Feb 08				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Exports	DEC	186.37B	-	182.49 (R)B

	USD	08:30 AM	Imports	DEC	224.91B	-	231.10 (R)B

	USD	08:30 AM	Trade Balance	DEC	-38.54B	-45.77B	-48.61 (R)B

	USD	10:00 AM	Wholesale Inventories - Sales Ratio	DEC	1.19	-	1.19

	USD	10:00 AM	Inventories (Y-o-Y)	DEC	5.5%	-	7.0%

	USD	10:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (M-o-M)	DEC	-	-	2.2 (R)%

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FOREX NEWS

U.S. Dollar Edges Higher As Concerns Of Re-escalation In Gulf Intensify

Pound Slides After Burnham's Announcement

Pound Slides Against Others

Indian Rupee Depreciates To Record Low Against U.S. Dollar

Antipodean Currency's Slide Amid Risk-off Mood, U.S Dollar Rises

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

China Data On Tap For Monday

U.S. Industrial Production Increases 0.7% In April, Much More Than Expected

U.S. Industrial Production Rebounds Much More Than Expected In April

New York Manufacturing Index Unexpectedly Jumps To Four-Year High In May

Croatia Inflation Confirmed At 30-month High