United States Economic Calendar for February 3, 2013

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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)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (Y-o-Y)	DEC	3.7%	-	5.6%

	USD	10:00 AM	Inventories (M-o-M)	DEC	-0.1%	0.30%	0.4 (R)%
Tue., Feb 12				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	12:00 AM	OPEC Oil Market Report	-	-	-	-

	USD	02:00 PM	Monthly Budget Statement	JAN	2.9B	-	-1.2 (R)B
Wed., Feb 13				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	12:00 AM	IEA Oil Market Report	-	-	-	-

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	FEB 1	-6.4%	-	3.4%

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	JAN	4.4%	-	4.8 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	JAN	0.1%	0.00%	0.5%

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (Y-o-Y)	JAN	3.6%	-	4.3 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (M-o-M)	JAN	0.2%	0.02%	0.3%

	USD	08:30 AM	Exports (M-o-M)	JAN	0.3%	0.9%	-0.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Import Price Index (Y-o-Y)	JAN	-1.3%	-	-1.5%

	USD	08:30 AM	Exports (Y-o-Y)	JAN	1.1%	-	1.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Import Price Index (M-o-M)	JAN	0.6%	0.75%	-0.1%

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United States Economic Calendar for February 3, 2013

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FOREX NEWS

Yen Falls Amid Japan Political Uncertainty

Yen Falls Amid Japan Political Uncertainty

Yen Falls Against Majors

Commodity Currencies Advance Amid Improving Market Sentiment

Canadian Dollar Climbs Against Most Majors

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

Twenty-Year Bond Auction Attracts Strong Demand

Denmark Consumer Confidence Weakens Slightly

U.S. Crude Oil Inventories Fall More Than Expected

U.S. Existing Home Sales Slump To Nine-Month Low In June

South Africa Inflation At 4-Month High