Economic Reports and Earnings Events This Coming Week

Economic Reports and Events This Week

Monday, September 29, 2008
8:30a.m. Aug Personal Income: Previous: -0.7%.
8:30a.m. Aug Personal Spending: Previous: +0.2%.
10:30a.m. Sep Dallas Fed Mfg Production Index: Previous: 0.0.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008
7:45a.m. ICSC Chain Store Sales Index For Sep 27: Previous: -1.6%.
8:55a.m. Redbook Retail Sales Index For Sep 27: Previous: -1.1%.
9:00a.m. Jul S&P/Case Shiller Home Price Index: Previous: -17%.
9:45p.m. Sep Chicago PMI: Previous: 57.9.
10:00a.m. Sep Conference Board Consumer Confidence: Previous: 52.8.
5:00p.m. ABC/Wash Post Consumer Conf For Sep 28: Previous: -41.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008
12:00a.m. Auto and Truck Sales
8:15a.m. ADP Employment: Previous: -33K.
10:00a.m. Construction Spending For Aug: Previous: -0.6%.
10:00a.m. ISM Index For Sep: Previous: 49.9.
10:35a.m. Crude Inventories For Sep 27

Thursday, October 2, 2008
8:30a.m. Initial Claims For Sep 27
10:00a.m. Factory Orders: Previous: 1.3%.

Friday, October 3, 2008
8:30a.m. Average Workweek For Sep
8:30a.m. Hourly Earnings For Sep
8:30a.m. Nonfarm Payrolls For Sep
8:30a.m. Unemployment Rate For Sep
10:00a.m. ISM Services For Sep: Previous: 50.6.


Key Earnings Announcements This Week:

Monday, September 29, 2008
Before: CC, HMX (?), OHB (?), SCS, WAG
After: -

Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Before: PBG
After: LNDC, XRTX

Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Before: ATU, WWW
After: BLUD, MU, MOS, SMSC

Thursday, October 2, 2008
Before: STZ, MAR, MTRX, NSSC (?)
After: ANGO, ARTC (?), DMAN, GPN, LWSN, RECN, ZZ (?), TISI

Friday, October 3, 2008
Before: CI (?), CREL, FDO

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.