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March 2010 Economic Release Calendar

Sat, Feb 27, 10:52 AM ET, by Scott V. Nystrom



DATE EVENT

3/1
  • 13- & 26-Week Treasury Bill Auction
  • Personal Income and Outlays, January-8:30
  • Construction Expenditures, January-10:00
  • ISM’s Purchasing Manager’s Index, February-10:00
  • 3/4
  • Initial Unemployment Claims-8:30
  • Factory Orders, January-10:00
  • Weekly Fed Data-4:30
  • Productivity & Costs (Revised)
  • 3/5
  • Employment Situation, February-8:30
  • Consumer Installment Credit, January-3:00

  • 3/8
  • 13- & 26-Week Treasury Bill Auction
  • 3/10
  • Treasury Budget Report, February-2:00
  • Wholesale Trade, January
  • 3/11
  • Initial Unemployment Claims-8:30
  • Merchandise Trade Balance, January-8:30
  • Weekly Fed Data-4:30
  • 3/12
  • Advance Retail Sales, February-8:30
  • Mfg. & Trade: Inventories & Sales, January-10:00

  • 3/15
  • 13- & 26-Week Treasury Bill Auction
  • Capacity Utilization, February-9:15
  • Industrial Production, February-9:15
  • 3/16
  • FOMC Meeting
  • Housing Starts & Building Permits, February-8:30
  • 3/17
  • Producer Price Index, February-8:30
  • 3/18
  • Consumer Price Index, February-8:30
  • Initial Unemployment Claims-8:30
  • Leading Indicators, February-10:00
  • Weekly Fed Data-4:30
  • Real Earnings, February

  • 3/22
  • 13- & 26-Week Treasury Bill Auction
  • 3/24
  • Durable Goods Orders, February-8:30
  • New Home Sales, February-10:00
  • 3/25
  • Initial Unemployment Claims-8:30
  • Weekly Fed Data-4:30
  • 3/26
  • Corporate Profits, 4Q09 (Final)
  • Gross Domestic Product, 4Q09 (Final)

  • 3/29
  • 13 – & 26-Week Treasury Bill Auction
  • Personal Income and Outlays, February-8:30
  • 3/30
  • Agricultural Prices
  • 3/31
  • Factory Orders, February-10:00

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