Economic Reports and Earnings This Week

Economic Reports and Events This Week

Monday, March 3, 2008
10:00a.m. Jan Construction Spending. Expected: -0.7%. Previous: -1.1%.
10:00a.m. Feb ISM Manufacturing Business Index. Expected: 48.0 Previous: 50.7.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008
7:45a.m. ICSC Chain Store Sales Index For Mar 1. Previous: +0.5%.
8:55a.m. Redbook Retail Sales Index For Mar 1. Previous: -1.2%.
5:00p.m. ABC/Wash Post Consumer Conf For Mar 2. Previous: -37.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008
7:00a.m. MBA Mortgage Refinancing Index. Previous: -30.4%.
8:15a.m. ADP/Macroeconomic Advisors Employment Estimate. Previous: -17K.
8:30a.m. 4Q Revised Productivity. Expected: +1.8%. Previous: +1.8%.
8:30a.m. 4Q Revised Unit Labor Costs. Expected: +2.1%. Previous: +2.1%.
10:00a.m. Jan Factory Orders. Expected: -2.2%. Previous: +2.3%.
10:00a.m. Feb ISM Non-Manufacturing Business Index. Expected: 47.2. Previous: 41.9.
2:00p.m. Federal Reserve Beige Book.

Thursday, March 6, 2008
8:30a.m. Initial Jobless Claims For Mr 1 Week. Expected: -8K. Previous: +19K.
10:00a.m. Jan Pending Home Sales. Expected: -1.5%. Previous: -1.5%.
10:00a.m. DJ-BTMU Business Barometer. Previous: +0.4%.

Friday, March 7, 2008
8:30a.m. Feb Nonfarm Payrolls. Expected: -5K. Previous: -17K.
8:30a.m. Feb Unemployment Rate. Expected: 5.0%. Previous: 4.9%.
3:00p.m. Jan Consumer Credit. Expected: +$5.0B. Previous: +$4.5B.



Key Earnings Announcements This Week:

Monday, March 3, 2008
Before: ALY, FVE, GEHL, HBC
After: JOBS, ABM, AVAV, BAS, BEXP, CMOS, CCRN, FNSR, FLML, HMIN, LF, MWY, NCS, OMPI, RADN, SLXP, SNTS, SUPG, OVEN

Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Before: CRMT, BCRX, BLT, CFSG, CLWR, JTX, JRCC, PRFT, PMI, QXM, SPLS, TECD, TSL, RMIX, VOL, WRES, WCI, XRIT
During: SNHY, THO
After: CHS, CPRT, DIET, GSX, GOLF, HLYS, IDSY, INSU, JRT, KCP, KONG, MFB, OPMR, TUTR, SALM, SMTC, WCAA

Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Before: AES, BIG, BJ, BWS, CSIQ, COST, CXR, EFJI, FTEK, ISLE, MTCT, RHB, SKS, STXS, TICC, TRMP
After: ADCT, ALJ, AIMC, ATHN, CWST, CMTL, DDS, DXPE, DDMX, FCEL, HRB, INTX, LEV, LDG, MATK, MRN, MELI, MBLX, MR, MGI, PDLI, PETM, WINS, SD, SMSI, STEC, EUNH, TIVO, UDRL, CHIP

Thursday, March 6, 2008
Before: AIRM, ALOG, ARD, BNT, BRLI, BX, BBI, BRNC, CMN, CPHL, CSK, CNSL, DSGX, FLE, GRB, IFLO, ISTA, JMP, JOYG, KFY, LNY, , LINC, MEMY, OMRI, OWW, ORCH, OFIX, PEIX, SGK, SHMR, SOLF, TWGP, USPH, URBN, WON, WPL
After: TDSC, ASHW, ADBL, BLG, CASY, CNK, RIO, COO, DEPO, DHOM, BOOM, FNET, HRLY, HRAY, INXI, JSDA, LXRX, LTON, MRVL, MRGE, NSM, NINE, OPTM, PSPT, LGBT, ZQK, RAE, SIE, SWHC, STAA, TRMS, PAY, VIMC, VM, WIND

Friday, March 7, 2008
Before: ASVI, CIEN, EBS, HEES, NGPC, SKIL, SUP
During: PNY
After: CPE

Note: All economic numbers and earnings reports are in lines with those compiled by Briefing.com. Occasionally changes will occur that are made after the posting of this column. This list is not a complete list of earnings, so always double check your positions!