Weekly Economic Calendar for May 15, 2006

Monday, May 15
May New York Fed Manufacturing Index: 12.4. Consensus: 17.
Previous: 15.8.

Tuesday, May 16
7:45 a.m. ICSC Store Sales Index For May 14 Wk. Previous: -
0.4 percent.
8:30 a.m. April Housing Starts. Previous: -7.8 percent.
8:30 a.m. April Producer Price Index. Consensus: +0.8
percent. Previous: +0.5 percent.
8:30 a.m. April Producer Price Index, Ex-Food & Energy.
Consensus: +0.2 percent. Previous: +0.1 percent.
8:55 a.m. Redbook Retail Sales Index For May 14 Wk. Previous:
-2.9 percent.
9:15 a.m. April Industrial Production. Consensus: +0.5
percent. Previous: +0.6 percent.
9:15 a.m. April Capacity Utilization. Consensus: 81.6
percent. Previous: 81.3 percent.

Wednesday, May 17
8:30 a.m. April Consumer Price Index. Consensus: +0.6
percent. Previous: +0.4 percent.
8:30 a.m. April Consumer Price Index, Ex-Food & Energy.
Consensus: +0.2 percent. Previous: +0.3 percent.

Thursday, May 18
8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims For May 14 Wk. Consensus: - 9K. Previous: -1K. 10 a.m. April Conference Board Leading Indicators. Consensus:
+0.1 percent. Previous: -0.1 percent.
10 a.m. DJ-BTMU Business Barometer For May 7. Previous: +0.6
percent.
12 p.m. May Philadelphia Fed Business Index. Conseusus: 12.4.
Previous: 13.2.

Friday, May 19
No major economic indicators are scheduled for today.
Source: Dow Jones