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The Week Ahead May 8, 2008, 4:16PM EST

Vital Signs: Scoping the Second Quarter

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Here's the weekly economic calendar, from Action Economics.

  Top Reports

  Date Time For Median Estimate Last Period

Federal Budget ($Billions) Monday, May 12 2:00 p.m. April 150.0 -48.1

Retail Sales Tuesday, May 13 8:30 a.m. April 0.0% 0.2%

Retail Sales, Ex Autos Tuesday, May 13 8:30 a.m. April 0.3% 0.1%

Export Prices Tuesday, May 13 8:30 a.m. April 0.5% 1.5%

Import Prices Tuesday, May 13 8:30 a.m. April 1.5% 2.8%

Business Inventories Tuesday, May 13 10:00 a.m. March 0.5% 0.6%

Consumer Price Index Wednesday, May 14 8:30 a.m. April 0.4% 0.3%

Consumer Price Index, Ex Food & Energy Wednesday, May 14 8:30 a.m. April 0.2% 0.2%

Empire State Index Thursday, May 15 8:30 a.m. May 1.5 0.6

Industrial Production Thursday, May 15 9:15 a.m. April -0.2% 0.3%

Capacity Utilization Thursday, May 15 9:15 a.m. April 80.2% 80.5%

Philadelphia Fed Index Thursday, May 15 10:00 a.m. May -18.0 -24.9

Housing Starts (Millions) Thursday, May 15 8:30 a.m. April 0.948 0.947

U. of Mich. Consumer Sentiment Index (prelim) Friday, May 16 9:55 a.m. May 64.0 62.6

  Other Reports and Events

  Date Time For

SPEECH: Chicago Fed President Evans Monday, May 12 9:15 a.m.

SPEECH: Atlanta Fed President Lockhart Monday, May 12 7:15 p.m.

SPEECH: Cleveland Fed President Pianalto Tuesday, May 13 6:10 a.m.

NFIB Survey (Small Business) Tuesday, May 13 7:30 p.m. April

ICSC-UBS Store Sales Tuesday, May 13 7:45 a.m. May 4-10

Johnson Redbook Weekly Store Sales Tuesday, May 13 8:55 a.m. May 4-10

SPEECH: Fed Chairman Bernanke Tuesday, May 13 8:20 a.m.

SPEECH: San Francisco Fed President Yellen Tuesday, May 13 1:00 p.m.

SPEECH: Kansas City Fed President Hoenig Tuesday, May 13 1:00 p.m.

Mortgage Applications Wednesday, May 14 7:00 a.m. May 4-10

SPEECH: Boston Fed President Rosengren Wednesday, May 14 8:30 a.m.

SPEECH: Atlanta Fed President Lockhart Wednesday, May 14 12:00 p.m.

Initial Unemployment Claims Thursday, May 15 8:30 a.m. May 4-10

Treasury International Capital Data Thursday, May 15 9:00 a.m. March

SPEECH: Chicago Fed President Evans Thursday, May 15 9:15 a.m.

SPEECH: Fed Chairman Bernanke Thursday, May 15 9:30 a.m.

Job Openings and Labor Turnover Data Thursday, May 15 10:00 a.m. March

National Association of Home Builders Survey Thursday, May 15 1:00 p.m. May

  Earnings Reports

  Date

Fluor (FLR) Monday, May 12

MBIA (MBI) Monday, May 12

Sprint Nextel (S) Monday, May 12

Applied Materials (AMAT) Tuesday, May 13

Electronic Arts (ERTS) Tuesday, May 13

Liz Claiborne (LIZ) Tuesday, May 13

TJX Cos (TJX) Tuesday, May 13

Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) Tuesday, May 13

Whole Foods Market (WFMI) Tuesday, May 13

Agilent Technologies (A) Wednesday, May 14

Deere & Co (DE) Wednesday, May 14

Freddie Mac (FRE) Wednesday, May 14

Macy's (M) Wednesday, May 14

Autodesk (ADSK) Thursday, May 15

BMC Software (BMC) Thursday, May 15

Compuware (CPWR) Thursday, May 15

Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) Thursday, May 15

JC Penney (JCP) Thursday, May 15

Kohl's (KSS) Thursday, May 15

Nordstrom (JWN) Thursday, May 15

Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) Friday, May 16

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