Key Events: Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

7:45 AM ET. Feb 27 ICSC/Goldman Sachs Chain Store Sales

• Chain Store Sales Index – WoW (previous +2.3%)
• Chain Store Sales Index – YoY (previous +0.9%)

8:55 AM ET. Feb 27 Redbook Index

• MoM % Change (previous +1.6%)
• 12MonChgPct (previous +1.9%)
• 52WkChgPct (previous +1.9%)

4:30 PM ET. Feb 26 API Oil Industry Report

• Crude Stocks (Net Change) (previous -3.14M)
• Gasoline Stocks (Net Change) (previous +1.74M)
• Distillate Stocks (Net Change) (previous -834K)
• Refinery Runs (previous 80.8%)

5:00 PM ET. Feb 28 ABC/Washington Post Consumer Confidence Index

• ABC News Consumer Confidence Index (previous –50)
• N/A  Feb Auto Sales

Wednesday, March 3, 2010
7:00 AM ET. Feb 26 Mortgage Applications

• Market Composite Index (previous 549.5)
• Market Composite Index Cur Chg (previous -8.5)
• Purchase Index (S.A.) (previous 196.8)
• Purchase Index (S.A.) Cur Chg (previous -7.3%)
• Refinance Index (previous 2605.3)
• Refinance Index Cur Chg (previous -8.9%

8:15 AM ET. Feb ADP National Employment Report

• Private Payrolls Forecast (Expected –35000; previous –22000)

10:00 AM ET. Feb ISM Non-Manufacturing Composite Index

• Non-Manufacturing PMI (expected 50.5; previous 50.5)
• Non-Manufacturing Business Index (previous 52.2)
• Prices Index (previous 61.2)
• Employment Index (previous 44.6)
• New Orders Index (previous 54.7)

10:30 AM ET. Feb 26 US Energy Dept Oil Inventories

• Crude Oil Stocks (previous 337.54M)
• Crude Oil Stocks (Net Change) (previous +3.03M)
• Gasoline Stocks (previous 231.17M)
• Gasoline Stocks (Net Change) (previous -895K)
• Distillate Stocks (previous 152.66M)
• Distillate Stocks (Net Change) (previous -591K)
• Refinery Usage (previous 81.17%)

2:00 PM ET. Federal Reserve Beige Book

Thursday, March 4, 2010
8:30 AM ET. 4 Quarter Productivity & Costs, revised

• Non-Farm Productivity (expected +6.4%; previous +6.2%)
• Unit Labor Costs (expected -4.6%; previous -4.4%)

8:30 AM ET. Feb 27 Jobless Claims

• Weekly Jobless Claims (expected 475K; previous 496K)
• Weekly Jobless Claims Net Change (previous +22K)
• Cont Jobless Claims (prior week) (previous 4617000)
• Cont Jobless Claims Net Chg (prior week) (expected -21K; previous +6K)

10:00 AM ET. Jan Factory Orders

• Total Orders (expected +2%; previous +1%)
• Orders, Ex-Defense (previous +1%)
• Orders, Ex-Transportation (previous +1.2%)
• Durable Goods Revised (previous +1)

10:00 AM ET. Jan Pending Home Sales Current (previous 96.6)

• MoM Pct Change (Current Period) (expected +1%; previous +1%)
• YoY Pct Change (Current Period) (previous +10.9%)

10:00 AM ET. Feb 20 DJ-BTMU Economic Barometer

• DJ-BTMU Business Barometer (previous -0.1%)
• DJ-BTMU Business Barometer (52 Wk) (previous -1.3%)

10:30 AM ET. Feb 26 EIA Natural Gas Inventories, in billion cubic feet

• Total Working Gas in Storage (previous 1853)
• Total Working Gas in Storage (Net Change) (previous –172)

4:30 PM ET. Mar 3 Foreign Central Bank Holdings, in dollars

• Foreign US Debt Holdings (previous 2.96T)
• US Foreign Agency Holdings (previous 766.81B)
• Foreign Treasury Holdings (previous 2.2T)

4:30 PM ET. Mar 3 Fed Discount Window Borrowings, in dollars

• Primary Credit Borrowings (previous 13.75B)
• Primary Credit Borrowings W/E Daily Avg. (previous 13.96B)
• Discount Window Borrowings (previous 86.03B)
• Discount Window Borrowings W/E Daily Avg. (previous 87.21B)

4:30 PM ET. Feb 22 Money Supply

• N/A Feb Chain-Store Sales

Friday, March 5, 2010
8:30 AM ET. Feb Employment Report

• Non-Farm Payrolls (expected -75K; previous -20K)
• Unemployment Rate (expected 9.8%; previous 9.7%)
• Average Hourly Earnings (previous 18.89)
• Average Hourly Earnings Net Change (previous +0.05)
• Manufacturing Payrolls (previous +11K)
• Overall Workweek (previous 33.3)
• Overall Workweek Net Change (previous +0.1)
• Service Producing Payrolls (previous +40K)

3:00 PM ET. Jan Consumer Credit, in dollars (expected -4.5B; previous -1.7B)

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