Key Events: Thursday, March 4, 2010

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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