Economic Reports and Earnings Events This Week

Economic Reports and Events This Week

Monday, January 5, 2008
7:00 a.m. ICSC Chain Store Sales Index For Jan 3: Previous: -0.5%.
10:00 a.m. Nov Construction Spending: Expected: -1.2%. Previous: -1.2%.

Tuesday, January 6, 2008
8:55 a.m. Redbook Retail Sales Index For Jan 3: Previous: -0.5%.
10:00 a.m. Dec Non-Manufacturing Index: Expected: 37. Previous: 37.3.
10:00 a.m. Nov Pending Home Sales: Expected: 0.4%. Previous: -0.7%.
10:00 a.m. Nov Factory Orders: Expected: -2.2%. Previous: -5.1%.
2:00 p.m. Dec FOMC Minutes
5:00 p.m. ABC/Wash Post Consumer Conf For Jan 3: Previous: -49.

Wednesday, January 7, 2008
7:00 a.m. MBA Mortgage Application Survey: Previous: 1245.4.
8:15 a.m. Jan ADP Employment Survey: Previous: -250K.
10:30 a.m. US Energy Dept Oil Inventories
10:35 a.m. Crude Inventories

Thursday, January 8, 2008
8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims For Jan 3 Week: Expected: +63K. Previous: -94K.
10:00 a.m. DJ-BTMU Business Barometer For Dec 26: Previous: 1.4%.
3:00 p.m. Nov Consumer Credit: Expected: $2.1B. Previous: -$3.5B.

Friday, January 9, 2008
8:30 a.m. Dec Non-Farm Payrolls: Expected: -500K. Previous: -533K.
8:30 a.m. Dec Unemployment Rate: Expected: 7.0%. Previous: 6.7%.
10:00 a.m. Nov Wholesale Trade: Expected: -0.7%. Previous: -1.1%.


Key Earnings Announcements This Week:

Monday, January 5, 2008
Before: PNY
During: -
After: MOS

Tuesday, January 6, 2008
Before: AYI, CYCL (?), NEOG
During: -
After: ANGO, FINL, GPN, LNDC, PRXI, RECN, SHFL (?), SMSC, XRTX

Wednesday, January 7, 2008
Before: STZ, FDO, MON, SGR (?), SVU, UNF
During: -
After: BBBY, CBK, BLUD, MERX, RT, SONC, WDFC (?),

Thursday, January 8, 2008
Before: GAP, GBX (?), HELE, MTRX, MSM, RPM, SCHN, TXI
During: -
After: MDRX, APOL, DMAN, HWAY, IHS, LWSN, NUHC, RBN, SNX, TK (?),

Friday, January 9, 2008
Before: AZZ, EMMS, KBH
During: -
After: SHLM

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.