Economic Reports and Events This Week:

Monday, August 13, 2007
8:30a.m. July Retail & Food Sales. Previous: -0.9%.
8:30a.m. July Retail & Food Sales, Ex-Autos. Previous: -0.4%.
10:00a.m. June Business Inventories. Previous: +0.5%.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007
7:45a.m. ICSC Chain Store Sales Index. Previous: -0.3%.
8:30a.m. June Trade Deficit. Previous: $60.04B.
8:30a.m. July Producer Price Index. Previous: -0.2%.
8:30a.m. July PPI, Ex-Food & Energy . Previous: +0.3%.
8:55a.m.Redbook Retail Sales Index. Previous: +0.6%.
5:00p.m. ABC/Wash Post Consumer Conf. Previous: -9.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007
7:00a.m. MBA Mortgage Application Survey. Previous: +9.1%.
8:30a.m. July Consumer Price Index. Previous: +0.2%.
8:30a.m. July CPI, Ex-Food & Energy. Previous: +0.2%.
8:30a.m. Aug NY Fed Manufacturing Index. Previous: 26.46.
9:00a.m. June Treasury International Capital Flows. Previous: $112.6B.
9:15a.m. July Industrial Production. Previous: +0.5%.
9:15a.m. July Capacity Utilization. Previous: 81.7%.
10:00 a.m. Crude Inventories
3:00p.m. Aug NAHB Housing Market Index. Previous: 24.

Thursday, August 16, 2007
8:30a.m. Initial Jobless Claims. Previous: +7K.
8:30a.m. July Housing Starts. Previous: +2.3%.
10:00a.m. DJ-BTMU Business Barometer. Previous: +0.3%.
12:00p.m. Aug Philadelphia Fed Business Index. Previous: 9.2.

Friday, August 17, 2007
10:00a.m. Mid-Aug Reuters/U Of Mich Sentiment Index. Previous: 90.4.