US Weekly Economic Calendar

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	report	period	ACTUAL	forecast	previous
MONDAY, AUG. 29
8:30 am	Personal income	July		0.4%	0.2%
8:30 am	Consumer spending	July		0.3%	0.4%
8:30 am	Core inflation	July		0.1%	0.1%
TUESDAY, AUG. 30
10 am	Consumer confidence	Aug.		96.9	97.3
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31
10 am	Pending home sales	July		0.7%	0.2%
THURSDAY, sept. 1
8:30 am	Weekly jobless claims	8/27		265,000	261,000
8:30 am	Productivity	Q2		-0.6%	-0.5%
8:30 am	Unit labor costs	Q2		2.1%	2.0%
10 am	ISM manufacturing	Aug.		52.3%	52.6%
10 am	Construction spending	July		0.6%	-0.6%
10 am	Motor vehicle sales	Aug.		17.1 mln	17.8 mln
FRIDAY, sept. 2
8:30 am	Nonfarm payrolls	Aug.		189,000	255,000
8:30 am	Unemployment rate	Aug.		4.8%	4.9%
8:30 am	Average hourly earnings	Aug.		0.2%	0.3%
8:30 am	Trade balance	July		-$40.5bln	$-44.5 bln
10 am	Factory orders	July		2.0%	-1.5%