United States Economic Calendar for August 1, 2013

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Thu., Aug 01				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	JUL 27	326K	339.33K	345 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	JUL 27	341.25K	-	345.75 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	JUL 20	3026K	-	3026.50 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	JUL 20	2951K	2990K	3003 (R)K

	USD	09:00 AM	PMI Manufacturing	JUL	53.7	53.2	51.9

	USD	10:00 AM	Construction Spending - Residential	JUN	-0.1%	-	1.2%

	USD	10:00 AM	Construction Spending - Public	JUN	-1.1%	-	1.8%

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing Survey	JUL	55.4	51.61	50.9

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing New Orders Index	JUL	58.3	-	51.9

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing Prices Index	JUL	49.0	55	52.5

	USD	10:00 AM	Construction Spending - Total	JUN	-0.6%	0.48%	0.5%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	JUL 26	2845B	-	2786B
Fri., Aug 02				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Core PCE Deflator (Y-o-Y)	JUN	1.2%	1.10%	1.2 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure Deflator (Y-o-Y)	JUN	1.3%	1.35%	1.1 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Spending (M-o-M)	JUN	0.5%	0.5%	0.2 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Avg Weekly Hours	JUL	34.4	34.53	34.5

	USD	08:30 AM	Avg Hourly Earnings	JUL	23.98	-	24.00 (R)

	USD	08:30 AM	Change in Manufacturing Payrolls	JUL	6K	5K	-3 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Participation Rate	JUL	63.4%	-	63.5%

	USD	08:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	JUL	7.4%	7.49%	7.6%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Income (M-o-M)	JUN	0.3%	0.49%	0.4 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core PCE Deflator (M-o-M)	JUN	0.2%	0.17%	0.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure Deflator (M-o-M)	JUN	0.4%	0.5%	0.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Non-Farm Payroll (M-o-M)	JUL	162K	178.43K	188 (R)K

	USD	09:45 AM	ISM NY Business Conditions	JUL	67.8	-	47.0

	USD	10:00 AM	Factory Orders Ex. Defense (M-o-M)	JUN	1.0%	-	2.7 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Factory Orders (M-o-M)	JUN	1.5%	2.68%	3.0 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Factory Orders Ex. Transportation M-o-M	JUN	-0.4%	-	1.0 (R)%
Mon., Aug 05				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Non-Manufacturing Prices Index	JUL	60.1	-	52.5

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Non-Manufacturing New Orders Index	JUL	57.7	-	50.8

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Non-Manufacturing Survey	JUL	56.0	53.35	52.2
Tue., Aug 06				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Exports	JUN	191.17B	-	187.06B

	USD	08:30 AM	Imports	JUN	225.40B	-	231.16 (R)B

	USD	08:30 AM	Trade Balance	JUN	-34.22B	-42.3B	-44.10 (R)B
Wed., Aug 07				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	JUL 30	0.2%	-	-3.7%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	AUG 2	363.3M	-	364.6M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	AUG 2	105.50	-	105.94

	USD	03:00 PM	Consumer Credit	JUN	13.80B	-	17.50 (R)B
Thu., Aug 08				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	JUL 27	3023.75K	-	3026K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	JUL 27	3018K	2950K	2951K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	AUG 3	335.50K	-	341.75 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	AUG 4	333K	345K	328 (R)K

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	AUG 2	2941B	-	2845B

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