Economic Reports and Earnings Events This Week

Economic Reports and Events This Week

Monday, May 12, 2008
2:00p.m. Apr US Budget Balance. Expected: -$160B. Previous: -$48.4B.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
7:45a.m. CSC Chain Store Sales Index For May 10. Previous: -0.2%.
8:30a.m. Apr Import Prices. Expected: +1.5% Previous: +2.8%.
8:30a.m. Apr Retail & Food Sales. Expected: 0%. Previous: +0.2%.
8:30a.m. Apr Retail & Food Sales, Ex-Autos. Expected: +0.3%. Previous: +0.1%.
8:55a.m. Redbook Retail Sales Index For May 10. Previous: -1.6%.
10:00a.m. Mar Business Inventories. Expected: +0.4%. Previous: +0.6%.
5:00p.m. ABC/Wash Post Consumer Conf For May 11. Previous: -46.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
7:00a.m. MBA Mortgage Refinancing Index. Previous: +19.3%.
8:30a.m. Apr Consumer Price Index. Expected: +0.3%. Previous: +0.3%.
8:30a.m. Apr CPI, Ex-Food & Energy. Expected: +0.2%. Previous: +0.2%.

Thursday, May 15, 2008
8:30a.m. Initial Jobless Claims For May 10 Week. Expected: +8K. Previous: -18K.
8:30a.m. May NY Fed Manufacturing Index. Expected: 0. Previous: 0.63.
9:00a.m. Mar Treasury International Capital Flows. Previous: $60.1B.
9:15a.m. Apr Industrial Production. Expected: -0.3%. Previous: +0.3%.
9:15a.m. Apr Capacity Utilization. Expected: 80.1%. Previous: 80.5%.
10:00a.m. May Philadelphia Fed Business Index. Expected: -20. Previous: -24.9.
10:00a.m. DJ-BTMU Business Barometer For Apr 26. Previous: -0.1%.
1:00p.m. May NAHB Housing Market Index. Previous: 20.

Friday, May 16, 2008
8:30a.m. Apr Housing Starts. Previous: -11.9%.
10:00a.m. Mid-May Reuters/U Mich Sentiment Index. Previous: 62.6.


Key Earnings Announcements This Week:

Monday, May 12, 2008
Before: KDE, ACMR, ARQL, BKUNA (?), BLG (?), CNTY, CHTR, CDE, CODI, CRYP, DTG, DHT (?), EMAG, EMMS, EVEP, EVR, GNA, GTXI, HL, HOC, HWCC, IMAX, IPSU, IMB, VTIV, ISIS, JASO, JRT, KNOL, MBI, MED, NNI, NUHC, ORBK, OHB, PEIX, PETS, PMI, RDN, RADN, SIRI, S, SPF, TTI, TRGL, VAL (?), WPL (?), XMSR, XOMA
After: ARTE, BYI, DE, BWY, CTLM, CBAK, CLWR, COGT, CUZ, DTSI, DXPE, FLR, KNXA, LDK, MDR, MIVA, NMSS, NUAN, PROS (?), PGIC, TWTC, WRNC, WSPI, WNR, XFML, ZOLT (?)

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Before: SMLC (?), CCJ, CSIQ, CFSG, COMV, DISH, ESLT (?), FOSL, FNDT, GIGM, GLUU, HELE, HOKU, IAG, IGLD, KEM, LIZ, SGK (?), SENO, TJX, VSE, WMT
After: JOBS, ASEI, AMAT, CALL, CVLT, CHCI, DIET, ERTS, FLML, GXDX (?), GIVN, HI, HRC, HMIN, PODD, LEV, MELI, MRGE (?), OPNT, PAAS, PLAB (?), RUBO, WFMI

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Before: ALLT, MT (?), ACAT (?), DE, DSX, FTE (?), FRE, FSIN, ITRN, JBX, M, MEMY, NICE, CHUX, REDF (?), RSTO (?), SNE (?), ELOS, BRLC (?), TEF, TTEC, VSAT (?), WATG
After: ACXM, ANW, A, BRCD, STV, IMOS, CTRP, CUB (?), FNET (?), PETM (?), QSII (?), SLRY, SINA, SPTN, SXE, SNS, TK

Thursday, May 15, 2008
Before: AHR (?), ASFI (?), BX, BBI, CHNL (?), CYPB (?), DAI (?), DFT, ELON (?), FRP (?), FSRV, FRPT (?), GILT, IART (?), JCP, MESA (?), MLNM (?), PWRD (?), PDC (?), PBH, QXM (?), URBN, YGE
During: EPEX (?), MNTG (?)
After: AAP, ADSK, BMC, CPWR (?), EXAR, FMCN (?), GA, HPQ, IUSA (?), KSS, KONG, LTXX (?), MEDX (?), MNT, NINE (?), JWN, QTM, CRM (?), TMA (?), CHIP (?)

Friday, May 16, 2008
Before: ANF, LABL

Note: All economic numbers and earnings reports are in line with those compiled by Briefing.com. Occasionally changes will occur that are made after the posting of this column and some companies have not confirmed their time, so always double check when taking positions overnight during earnings season! (?) = Not yet confirmed at the time the list was compiled.