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Time (EST) | Indicator (click for definition) | Source (click for press release) | Actual | Forecast | Previous (revised) | Previous (original) |
| Monday, October 23 |
| 1:30 p.m. | TIPS auction | Bureau of the Public Debt | The Treasury announces the results of its auction of 5-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS, at which $7 billion of securities will be sold, with bids due at 1 p.m. |
| Tuesday, October 24 |
| 9 a.m. | ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended October 21 | International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS | -1.1% | n.a. | +0.6% | +0.6% |
| 9 a.m. | Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended October 21, vs. September | Redbook Research | +3.2% | n.a. | +1.3% | +1.4%* |
| 1:30 p.m. | Treasury auction | Bureau of the Public Debt | The Treasury announces the results of its monthly two-year note auction, at which $20 billion of securities will be sold, with bids due at 1 p.m. |
| Wednesday, October 25 |
| 9 a.m. | Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended October 20 -- Market Composite Index | Mortgage Bankers Association | 588.6 | n.a. | 585.8 | 585.8 |
| Purchase Index | 382.4 | n.a. | 384.7 | 384.7 |
| 9 a.m. | Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended October 22 | ABC News and Washington Post | unchgd. | n.a. | -7 | -7 |
| 9 a.m. | Federal Open Market Committee meeting | Federal Reserve | The Fed's monetary policymaking committee holds its seventh meeting of the year in Washington. Any change in monetary policy will be announced at around 2:10 p.m. |
| 10 a.m. | Existing Home Sales for September | National Association of Realtors | 6.18M | 6.25M | 6.30M | 6.30M |
| Thursday, October 26 |
| 8:30 a.m. | Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended October 21 | Labor Department | +308,000 | +308,000 | +300,000 | +299,000 |
| Four-week average | +305,000 | n.a. | +308,000 | +308,000 |
| 8:30 a.m. | Durable goods orders for September | Census Bureau | +7.8% | +2.3% | -0.1% | 0.0% |
| Ex-transportation | +0.1% | n.a. | -1.5% | -2.0% |
| 10 a.m. | Help-Wanted Index for September | Conference Board | 30 | 31 | 30 | 31 |
| 10 a.m. | New home sales for September | Census Bureau | 1.075M | 1.050M | 1.021M | 1.050M |
| 1:30 p.m. | Treasury refunding | Bureau of the Public Debt | The Treasury announces the results of its five-year note auction, at which $14 billion of securities will be sold, with bids due at 1 p.m. |
| Friday, October 27 |
| 8:30 a.m. | Gross domestic product for Q3 -- advance | Commerce Department | +1.6% | +2.1% | +2.6% | +2.6% (Q2) |
| Implicit price deflator | +1.8% | +2.9% | +3.3% | +3.3% (Q2) |
| 9:45 a.m. | Consumer Sentiment Index for October -- final | University of Michigan | 93.6 | 92.5 | see actual | 92.3 (October prelim.) |
| -- | 85.4 (September) |
| 10:30 a.m. | Weekly Leading Index for the week ended October 20 | Economic Cycle Research Institute | -0.1% | n.a. | -0.5% | -0.5% |