United States Economic Calendar for March 2, 2013

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Mon., Mar 04				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	09:45 AM	ISM NY Business Conditions	FEB	58.8	-	56.7

	USD	10:00 AM	Factory Orders (M-o-M)	JAN	-	-	1.8%

	USD	10:00 AM	Factory Orders Ex. Transportation M-o-M	JAN	-	-	0.2%
Tue., Mar 05				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Non-Manufacturing New Orders Index	FEB	58.2	-	54.4

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Non-Manufacturing Prices Index	FEB	61.7	-	58.0

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Non-Manufacturing Survey	FEB	56.0	55.5	55.2
Wed., Mar 06				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	FEB 22	14.8%	-	-3.8%

	USD	08:15 AM	ADP Employment Change	FEB	198K	157.33K	215 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	Factory Orders (M-o-M)	JAN	-2.0%	-3.07%	1.3 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Factory Orders Ex. Transportation (Y-o-Y)	JAN	1.3%	-	-0.1 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Factory Orders Ex. Defense (M-o-M)	JAN	0.3%	-	-0.2 (R)%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	MAR 1	381.4M	-	377.5M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	MAR 1	92.25	-	94.27
Thu., Mar 07				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Non-Farm Productivity (Q-o-Q)	Q4 F	-1.9%	-1.5%	3.1 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Real Time Compensations (Q-o-Q)	Q4 F	0.4%	-	-0.9 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Non-Farm Productivity (Y-o-Y)	Q4 F	0.5%	-	1.6 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Real Time Compensations (Y-o-Y)	Q4 F	0.8%	-	0.0 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Unit Labor Cost (Y-o-Y)	Q4 F	2.1%	-	0.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Exports	JAN	184.45B	-	186.63 (R)B

	USD	08:30 AM	Trade Balance	JAN	-44.45B	-43B	-38.14 (R)B

	USD	08:30 AM	Imports	JAN	228.90B	-	224.77 (R)B

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	FEB 23	3094K	-	3091 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	FEB 23	3121.75K	-	3159.25 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Unit Labor Cost (Q-o-Q)	Q4 F	4.6%	4.05%	-1.9%

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	MAR 2	348.75K	-	355.75 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	MAR 2	340K	358.33K	347 (R)K

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	MAR 1	2083B	-	2229B

	USD	03:00 PM	Consumer Credit	JAN	16.2B	-	14.6B
Fri., Mar 08				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Change in Manufacturing Payrolls	FEB	14K	-	12 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Participation Rate	FEB	63.5%	-	63.6%

	USD	08:30 AM	Avg Hourly Earnings	FEB	20.04	-	19.99 (R)

	USD	08:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	FEB	7.7%	7.87%	7.9%

	USD	08:30 AM	Avg Weekly Hours	FEB	33.8	34.4	33.6

	USD	08:30 AM	Non-Farm Payroll (M-o-M)	FEB	236K	149.2K	157K

	USD	10:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (M-o-M)	JAN	-0.8%	-	0.0%

	USD	10:00 AM	Wholesale Inventories - Sales Ratio	JAN	1.21	-	1.19

	USD	10:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (Y-o-Y)	JAN	3.0%	-	3.7%

	USD	10:00 AM	Inventories (Y-o-Y)	JAN	6.5%	-	5.5%

	USD	10:00 AM	Inventories (M-o-M)	JAN	1.2%	-	-0.1%
Tue., Mar 12				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	12:00 AM	OPEC Oil Market Report	-	-	-	-
Wed., Mar 13				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

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

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	MAR 1	-4.7%	-	14.8%

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	FEB	4.6%	-	4.4%

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FOREX NEWS

Euro Rises As European Shares Traded Higher

Euro Rises Against Majors

Indian Rupee Rises To 2-day High After RBI Rate Decision

Commodity Currencies Rise Amid Risk-Appetite

Commodity Currencies Rise Amid Risk-Appetite

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

Ten-Year Note Auction Attracts Well Below Average Demand

U.S. Crude Oil Inventories Fall Much More Than Expected

India Holds Key Interest Rates Steady As Trade Tensions Escalate

Eurozone Retail Sales Recover In June

Slovakia Retail Sales Fall 0.4%