United States Economic Calendar for May 16, 2013

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Thu., May 16				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Building Permits (M-o-M)	APR	1017K	934K	890 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Housing Starts (M-o-M)	APR	853K	966.29K	1021 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Core CPI (M-o-M)	APR	0.1%	0.16%	0.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	APR	-0.4%	-0.21%	-0.2%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core CPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	1.7%	1.8%	1.9%

	USD	08:30 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	1.1%	1.28%	1.5%

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	MAY 11	339.25K	-	338.00 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	MAY 11	360K	328.33K	328 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	MAY 4	3015.25K	-	3036.25 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	MAY 4	3009K	3000K	3013 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Prices Paid	MAY	6.9	-	3.1

	USD	10:00 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Business Condition	MAY	-5.2	1	1.3

	USD	10:00 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Prices Received	MAY	-3.3	-	-7.5

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	MAY 10	1964B	-	1865B
Fri., May 17				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:00 AM	Lagging Index	APR	0.1%	-	0.2 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Coincidence Index	APR	0.1%	-	0.2 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Leading Index	APR	0.6%	0.22%	-0.2 (R)%
Wed., May 22				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	MAY 10	-9.8%	-	-7.3%

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Price	APR	192.80K	-	183.90 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Inventories	APR	2.16M	-	1.93M

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Sales	APR	4.97M	4.98M	4.94 (R)M

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	MAY 17	394.6M	-	394.9M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	MAY 17	94.97	-	96.17

	USD	02:00 PM	FOMC Meeting Minutes	-	-	-	-
Thu., May 23				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	MAY 18	340K	345.5K	363 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	MAY 18	339.50K	-	340.00 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	MAY 11	2995.25K	-	3019.00 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	MAY 11	2912K	-	3024 (R)K

	USD	09:00 AM	House Price Index (Q-o-Q)	Q1	1.95%	-	1.50 (R)%

	USD	09:00 AM	PMI Manufacturing	MAY P	51.9	-	52.1

	USD	09:00 AM	House Price Index (M-o-M)	MAR	1.3%	0.8%	0.9 (R)%

	USD	09:00 AM	House Price Index (M-o-M)	MAR	-	-	0.7%

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Median Prices	APR	271.6K	-	250.7 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Units	APR	454K	426.25K	444 (R)K

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	MAY 17	2053B	-	1964B
Fri., May 24				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders (M-o-M)	APR	3.3%	1.7%	-5.9 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Transportation (M-o-M)	APR	1.3%	0.5%	-1.7 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Defense (M-o-M)	APR	2.1%	-	-4.4 (R)%
Tue., May 28				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-20 (Y-o-Y)	MAR	10.9%	10.42%	9.3%

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index	MAR	148.65	-	146.57

	USD	10:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	MAY	76.2	71.47	69.0 (R)

	USD	10:00 AM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	MAY	-2	-5	-6
Wed., May 29				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	MAY 17	-8.8%	-	-9.8%

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FOREX NEWS

Swiss Franc Rises Against Majors

U.S. Dollar Eases Against Majors

U.S. Dollar Ends Roughly Flat As Optimism On U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Increases

U.S. Dollar Drops Against Majors

NZ Dollar Rises Amid Risk-On Mood

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

U.S. Leading Economic Index Unexpectedly Inches Higher In April

U.S. Consumer Sentiment Tumbles Much More Than Previously Estimated In May

Latvia Jobless Rate Rises To 7.1% In Q1

Poland Business Confidence Rises In May

German GDP Growth Rises On Exports, Consumption