United States Economic Calendar for April 18, 2014

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Mon., Apr 21				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:00 AM	Coincidence Index	MAR	0.2%	-	0.4 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Lagging Index	MAR	0.6%	-	0.3%

	USD	10:00 AM	Leading Index	MAR	0.8%	-	0.5%
Tue., Apr 22				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	09:00 AM	House Price Index (M-o-M)	FEB	0.6%	0.5%	0.4 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Sales	MAR	4.59M	4.5M	4.60M

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Inventories	MAR	1.99M	-	1.90 (R)M

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Price	MAR	198.5K	-	188.3 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	APR	7	-	-7
Wed., Apr 23				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	APR 18	-3.3%	-	4.3%

	USD	09:45 AM	PMI Manufacturing	APR P	55.4	56	55.5

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Median Prices	MAR	334.20K	-	318.90 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Units	MAR	384K	447.5K	449 (R)K

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	APR 18	397.7M	-	394.1M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	APR 18	103.97	-	102.75
Thu., Apr 24				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Defense (M-o-M)	MAR	1.8%	-	1.8%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Transportation (M-o-M)	MAR	2.0%	-	0.1 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders (M-o-M)	MAR	2.6%	1.3%	2.2%

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	APR 19	329K	-	305 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	APR 19	316.25K	-	312K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	APR 12	2752.25K	-	2785.75 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	APR 12	2680K	-	2741 (R)K

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	APR 18	899B	-	850B
Fri., Apr 25				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	09:45 AM	PMI Services	APR P	54.2	-	55.3

	USD	09:55 AM	Univ. of Mich. Consumer Confidence Index	APR	84.1	82.6	80.0
Mon., Apr 28				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales (M-o-M)	MAR	3.4%	1.5%	-0.5 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales (Y-o-Y)	MAR	-7.9%	-10.3%	-10.5%
Tue., Apr 29				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index	FEB	165.35	-	165.50

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-20 (Y-o-Y)	FEB	12.9%	13.1%	13.2%

	USD	10:00 AM	Monetary Policy Meeting	-	-	-	-

	USD	10:00 AM	FOMC Meeting	-	-	-	-

	USD	10:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	APR	82.3	83	83.9 (R)
Wed., Apr 30				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	APR 25	-5.9%	-	-3.3%

	USD	08:15 AM	ADP Employment Change	APR	220K	202.5K	209 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Employment Cost Index	Q1	0.3%	0.5%	0.5%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q1 P	1.1%	-	2.3%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q1	1.1%	-	1.2%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q1	1.2%	1.2%	2.6%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q1	0.1%	1.40%	2.6%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP Deflator (Q-o-Q)	Q1	1.3%	-	1.6%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Q-o-Q)	Q1	3.0%	-	3.3%

	USD	09:45 AM	Chicago PMI	APR	63.0	55.5	55.9

	USD	10:00 AM	Monetary Policy Meeting	-	-	-	-

	USD	10:00 AM	FOMC Meeting	-	-	-	-

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United States Economic Calendar for April 18, 2014

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FOREX NEWS

Yen Recovers Slightly After BoJ Interest Rate Decision

Yen Recovers Slightly Against Majors

Euro Rises Amid Risk Appetite

Safe-haven Demand Limits Dollar's Tariff-led Losses Last Week

Euro Rises Against Majors

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

U.S. Retail Sales Fall More Than Expected In May

Riksbank To Cut Policy Rate Twice This Year To 1.75%, Swedish Think Tank NIER Says

German Economic Sentiment Strengthens In June

Hungary Wage Growth Accelerates To 9.8%

Irish Trade Surplus Grows In April