US Economic Indicator:Part 2

Forecasts based on the projections from 10 economists as of Monday, Oct 4. NA = not available. E = estimate. R = revised. **** = tentative. Time --Forecast-- Date EDT Indicators Median Low High Prev Actual 10/07 :0830: Aug Trade Balance : 33.0 31.0 34.0: -32.0 : 10/07 :0830: Goods Total : NA NA NA : -43.0 : 10/07 :1500: Aug Consumr Crdt (bln$) : -8.5 -10.0 2.5: -21.5 : 10/08 :0830: Unemploy Clms p/e Oct 3 : 540 535 545: 551 : 10/13 :1400: Sep Treasury Budget Stmt : NA NA NA : -111.4 : 10/14 :0830: Sep Retail Sales (% chg) : NA NA NA : 2.7 : 10/14 :0830: Ex-Auto (% chg) : NA NA NA : 1.1 : 10/14 :1000: Aug Busin Invty (% chg) : NA NA NA : -1.0 : 10/15 :0830: Sep CPI (% chg) : NA NA NA : 0.4 : 10/15 :0830: CPI Core (% chg) : NA NA NA : 0.1 : 10/16 :0915: Sep Industl Prod (% chg) : NA NA NA : 0.8 : 10/16 :0915: Capacty Util : NA NA NA : 69.6 : 10/20 :0830: Sep Housing Starts : NA NA NA : 0.598 : 10/20 0830: % change 1.5 10/20 :0830: Housing Permits : NA NA NA : 0.579 : 10/20 :0830: % change : : 2.7 : 10/20 :0830: Sep PPI (% chg) : NA NA NA : 1.7 : 10/20 :0830: PPI Core (% chg) : NA NA NA : 0.2 : 10/22 :1000: Sep LEI (% chg) : NA NA NA : 0.6 : 10/23 :1000: Sep Existing Home Sales : NA NA NA : 5.10 : 10/23 :1000: % change : : -2.7% : 10/27 :1000: Oct Consumer Confidence : NA NA NA : 53.1 : 10/27 :1000: Sep Preliminary Steel Impo: : -13.2 : 10/28 :0830: Sep Durable Goods (% chg) : NA NA NA : -2.4 : 10/28 :1000: Sep S/F Home Sales : NA NA NA : 429 : 10/29 :0830: Q3 Adv GDP : NA NA NA : -0.7 : 10/29 :0830: Final Sales Dom Prchsr : NA NA NA : -0.9 : 10/29 :0830: PCE Defltr : NA NA NA : -0.9 : 10/29 :0830: Price Defltr : NA NA NA : 0.0 : 10/30 :0830: Q3 09 ECI : NA NA NA : 0.4 : 10/30 :0830: ECI Annual : NA NA NA : 1.8 : 10/30 :0830: Sep Personal Inc (% chg) : NA NA NA : 0.2 : 10/30 :0830: PCE (% chg) : NA NA NA : 1.3 : 11/02 :1000: Sep Constrcn Spdg(% chg) : NA NA NA : 0.8 : 11/02 :1000: Oct ISM : NA NA NA : 52.6 : 11/02 :1000: Employment : : 46.2 : 11/02 :1000: Prices : : 63.5 : 11/03 :1000: Sep Factory Ord (% chg) : NA NA NA : -0.8 : 11/05 :0830: Q3 Pre Productivity : NA NA NA : 6.5 : 11/05 :0830: Unit Labor Costs : NA NA NA : -6.0 : 11/06 :0830: Oct Jobless Rate : NA NA NA : 9.8 : 11/06 :0830: Jobs (chg) : : -263 : 11/06 :0830: Private (chg) : : -210 : 11/06 :0830: Manufac (chg) : : -51 : 11/06 :0830: Avg Hourly (% chg) : NA NA NA : 0.1 : 11/24 :0830: Q3 Pre Corp Profits : : 0.9 :