Economic Releases for week of 25 Feb

US
Date Time Event Survey Prior Revised
Monday
2/25/2008 23:00 Existing Home Sales JAN 4.80M 4.89M - -
2/25/2008 23:00 Existing Home Sales MoM JAN -1.80% -2.20% - -
Tuesday
2/26/2008 21:30 Producer Price Index (MoM) JAN 0.40% -0.10% -0.30%
2/26/2008 21:30 PPI Ex Food & Energy (MoM) JAN 0.20% 0.20% - -
2/26/2008 21:30 Producer Price Index (YoY) JAN 7.20% 6.30% - -
2/26/2008 21:30 PPI Ex Food & Energy (YoY) JAN 2.20% 2.00% - -
2/26/2008 22:00 S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind DEC - - 188.8 - -
2/26/2008 22:00 S&P/CS Composite-20 YoY DEC -9.80% -7.70% - -
2/26/2008 22:00 S&P/Case-Shiller US HPI 4Q - - 180.5 - -
2/26/2008 22:00 S&P/Case-Shiller US HPI YOY% 4Q - - -4.50% - -
2/26/2008 23:00 Consumer Confidence FEB 82 87.9 - -
2/26/2008 23:00 Richmond Fed Manufact. Index FEB -10 -8 - -
2/26/2008 23:00 House Price Index QoQ 4Q -1.00% -0.40% - -
Wednesday
2/27/2008 6:00 ABC Consumer Confidence 25-Feb - - -37 - -
2/27/2008 20:00 MBA Mortgage Applications 23-Feb - - -22.60% - -
2/27/2008 21:30 Durable Goods Orders JAN -4.00% 5.20% 5.00%
2/27/2008 21:30 Durables Ex Transportation JAN -1.40% 2.60% 2.30%
2/27/2008 23:00 New Home Sales JAN 600K 604K - -
2/27/2008 23:00 Bernanke Report on Economy & Fed Policy
2/27/2008 23:00 New Home Sales MoM JAN -0.70% -4.70% - -
Thursday
2/28/2008 21:30 GDP Annualized 4Q P 0.70% 0.60% - -
2/28/2008 21:30 Personal Consumption 4Q P 2.00% 2.00% - -
2/28/2008 21:30 GDP Price Index 4Q P 2.60% 2.60% - -
2/28/2008 21:30 Core PCE QoQ 4Q P 2.70% 2.70% - -
2/28/2008 21:30 Initial Jobless Claims 24-Feb 350K 349K - -
2/28/2008 21:30 Continuing Claims 17-Feb 2778K 2784K - -
2/28/2008 23:00 Help Wanted Index JAN 21 22 - -
Friday
2/29/2008 21:30 Personal Income JAN 0.20% 0.50% - -
2/29/2008 21:30 Personal Spending JAN 0.20% 0.20% - -
2/29/2008 21:30 PCE Deflator (YoY) JAN 3.50% 3.50% - -
2/29/2008 21:30 PCE Core (MoM) JAN 0.30% 0.20% - -
2/29/2008 21:30 PCE Core (YoY) JAN 2.20% 2.20% - -
2/29/2008 22:45 Chicago Purchasing Manager FEB 49.6 51.5 - -
2/29/2008 23:00 U. of Michigan Confidence FEB F 70 69.6 - -
2/29/2008 23:00 NAPM-Milwaukee FEB - - 58 - -


UK
Date Time Event Survey Prior
Monday
2/25/2008 17:30 BBA Loans for House Purchase JAN - - 42088
Tuesday
2/26/2008 17:30 Total Business Investment(QoQ) 4Q P 0.90% 2.00%
2/26/2008 17:30 Total Business Investment(YoY) 4Q P 2.90% 6.60%
2/26/2008 19:00 U.K. CBI February Distributive Trades Reported Sales
Wednesday
2/27/2008 17:30 GDP (QoQ) 4Q P 0.60% 0.60%
2/27/2008 17:30 GDP (YoY) 4Q P 2.90% 2.90%
2/27/2008 17:30 Private Consumption 4Q P 0.60% 1.10%
2/27/2008 17:30 Government Spending 4Q P 0.60% 0.30%
2/27/2008 17:30 Gross Fixed Capital Formation 4Q P 0.70% 2.40%
2/27/2008 17:30 Exports 4Q P 0.40% 2.00%
2/27/2008 17:30 Imports 4Q P -0.10% 4.70%
2/27/2008 17:30 Index of Services (3mth/3mth) DEC 0.70% 0.60%
Friday
2/29/2008 15:00 Nat'wide House prices sa (MoM) FEB 0.00% -0.10%
2/29/2008 15:00 Nat'wide House prices nsa(YoY) FEB 3.60% 4.20%
2/29/2008 17:30 M4 Money Supply (MoM) JAN F - - 1.30%
2/29/2008 17:30 M4 Money Supply (YoY) JAN F - - 12.90%
2/29/2008 17:30 M4 Sterling Lending (BP) JAN F - - 21.6B
2/29/2008 17:30 Net Consumer Credit JAN 0.8B 0.6B
2/29/2008 17:30 Net Lending Sec. on Dwellings JAN 8.2B 8.6B
2/29/2008 17:30 Mortgage Approvals JAN 70K 73K
2/29/2008 17:30 BSA Mortgage Approvals SA JAN - - £4079M
2/29/2008 18:30 GfK Consumer Confidence Survey FEB -15 -13

Germany
Date Time Event Survey Prior Revised
Tuesday
2/26/2008 15:00 GDP s.a. (QOQ) 4Q F 0.30% 0.30% - -
2/26/2008 15:00 GDP wda (YoY) 4Q F 1.80% 1.80% - -
2/26/2008 15:00 GDP nsa (YoY) 4Q F 1.60% 1.60% - -
2/26/2008 15:00 Private Consumption 4Q F -0.40% 0.50% - -
2/26/2008 15:00 Government Spending 4Q F 0.30% -0.10% - -
2/26/2008 15:00 Capital Investment 4Q F 1.50% 0.60% - -
2/26/2008 15:00 Construction Investment 4Q F -0.40% 0.60% - -
2/26/2008 15:00 Domestic Demand 4Q F -0.20% 0.90% - -
2/26/2008 15:00 Imports 4Q F -0.90% 3.90% - -
2/26/2008 15:00 Exports 4Q F 1.00% 3.10% - -
2/26/2008 17:00 IFO - Business Climate FEB 102.9 103.4 - -
2/26/2008 17:00 IFO - Current Assessment FEB 107.2 107.9 - -
2/26/2008 17:00 IFO - Expectations FEB 98.7 99 - -
Wednesday
2/27/2008 15:00 Import Price Index (MoM) JAN 0.30% -0.10% - -
2/27/2008 15:00 Import Price Index (YoY) JAN 4.70% 3.70% - -
2/27/2008 15:10 GfK Consumer Confidence Survey MAR 4.4 4.5 - -
27-29 FEB IFO Dec. Business Climate Survey by Industry (Table)
Thursday
28-Feb CPI - Baden Wuerttemberg (MoM) FEB - - - - - -
28-Feb CPI - Baden Wuerttemberg (YoY) FEB - - - - - -
28-Feb CPI - Bavaria (MoM) FEB - - - - - -
28-Feb CPI - Bavaria (YoY) FEB - - - - - -
28-Feb CPI - Hesse (MoM) FEB - - - - - -
28-Feb CPI - Hesse (YoY) FEB - - - - - -
2/28/2008 15:00 ILO Unemployment Rate JAN 7.70% 7.80% - -
2/28/2008 16:55 Unemployment Rate (s.a) FEB 8.00% 8.10% - -
2/28/2008 16:55 Unemployment Change (000's) FEB -48K -89K - -
2/28/2008 17:00 Bloomberg Germany Retail PMI FEB - - 44.2 - -
Friday
29-Feb CPI - North Rhine-West. (MoM) FEB - - - - - -
29-Feb CPI - Brandenburg (YoY) FEB - - - - - -
29-Feb CPI - North Rhine-West. (YoY) FEB - - - - - -
29-Feb CPI - Saxony (MoM) FEB - - - - - -
29-Feb CPI - Brandenburg (MoM) FEB - - - - - -
29-Feb CPI - Saxony (YoY) FEB - - - - - -
29-Feb Consumer Price Index (MoM) FEB P 0.40% -0.30% - -
2/29/2008 15:00 Retail Sales (MoM) JAN 1.00% -0.10% -1.00%
2/29/2008 15:00 Retail Sales (YoY) JAN -2.10% -6.90% - -
29-Feb Consumer Price Index (YoY) FEB P 2.70% 2.70% - -
29-Feb CPI - EU Harmonised (MoM) FEB P 0.40% -0.30% - -
29-Feb CPI - EU Harmonised (YoY) FEB P 3.00% 3.00% - -



Japan
Date Time Event Survey Prior
Tuesday
2/26/2008 7:50 Corp Service Price (YoY) JAN 1.40% 1.40%
2/26/2008 13:00 Small Business Confidence FEB 43 43.5
Thursday
2/28/2008 7:50 Industrial Production (MoM) JAN P -0.80% 1.40%
2/28/2008 7:50 Industrial Production (YoY) JAN P 3.70% 0.80%
2/28/2008 7:50 Foreign Buying Japan Stocks 22-Feb - - ¥171.1B
2/28/2008 7:50 Foreign Buying Japan Bonds 22-Feb - - -¥164.3B
2/28/2008 7:50 Japan Buying Foreign Stocks 22-Feb - - ¥179.1B
2/28/2008 7:50 Japan Buying Foreign Bonds 22-Feb - - -¥344.8B
2/28/2008 7:50 Large Retailers' Sales JAN -1.60% -1.50%
2/28/2008 7:50 Retail Trade YoY JAN 0.00% 0.20%
2/28/2008 7:50 Retail Trade MoM SA JAN 1.60% -0.80%
2/28/2008 12:00 Vehicle Production (YoY) JAN - - 1.50%
Friday
2/29/2008 7:15 Nomura/JMMA Manufacturing PMI FEB 52 52.3
2/29/2008 7:30 Jobless Rate JAN 3.90% 3.80%
2/29/2008 7:30 Job-To-Applicant Ratio JAN 0.97 0.98
2/29/2008 7:30 Overall Hhold Spending (YoY) JAN 0.30% 2.20%
2/29/2008 7:30 Tokyo CPI YoY FEB 0.50% 0.20%
2/29/2008 7:30 Tokyo CPI Ex-Fresh Food YoY FEB 0.50% 0.40%
2/29/2008 7:30 Tokyo CPI Ex Food, Energy YoY FEB 0.00% 0.00%
2/29/2008 7:30 Natl CPI YoY JAN 0.70% 0.70%
2/29/2008 7:30 Natl CPI Ex-Fresh Food YoY JAN 0.90% 0.80%
2/29/2008 7:30 Natl CPI Ex Food, Energy YoY JAN -0.10% -0.10%
2/29/2008 13:00 Housing Starts (YoY) JAN -12.30% -19.20%
2/29/2008 13:00 Annualized Housing Starts JAN 1.115M 1.050M
2/29/2008 13:00 Construction Orders (YoY) JAN - - 4.70%

Singapore
Date Time Event Survey Prior
Monday
2/25/2008 13:00 CPI (YoY) JAN 5.60% 4.40%
2/25/2008 13:00 CPI (MoM) JAN - - 0.50%
Tuesday
2/26/2008 13:00 Industrial Production YoY JAN 5.80% -1.70%
2/26/2008 13:00 Industrial Production MoM SA JAN -0.10% -4.70%
Friday
2/29/2008 10:00 M2 Money Supply (YoY) JAN - - 13.40%
2/29/2008 10:00 M1 Money Supply (YoY) JAN - - - -
2/29/2008 10:00 Bank Loans & Advances (YoY) JAN - - 20.00%
2/29/2008 10:00 Credit Card Billings JAN - - 2328.9M
2/29/2008 10:00 Credit Card Bad Debts JAN - - 9.3M

HongKong
Date Time Event Survey Prior
Wednesday
2/27/2008 16:15 GDP (YoY) 4Q 6.10% 6.20%
2/27/2008 16:15 GDP sa (QoQ) 4Q 1.40% 1.70%
27-Feb Annual GDP 31-Dec 6.10% 6.80%
Thursday
2/28/2008 16:15 Exports YoY% JAN 9.30% 8.20%
2/28/2008 16:15 Imports YoY% JAN 11.40% 10.30%
2/28/2008 16:15 Trade Balance JAN - - -HK27.4B
Friday
2/29/2008 17:00 Money Supply M3 - in HK$ (YoY) JAN - - 18.10%
2/29/2008 17:00 Money Supply M2 - in HK$ (YoY) JAN - - 18.10%
2/29/2008 17:00 Money Supply M1 - in HK$ (YoY) JAN - - 17.10%
2/29/2008 17:00 Govt Mthly Budget Surp/Def HK$ JAN - - 35.6B


Energy
Date Time Event Survey Prior
Wednesday
2/27/2008 0:00 Eni's Scaroni, MIT's Hockfield Brief Press on Solar Research
2/27/2008 23:30 DOE U.S. Crude Oil Inventories 23-Feb - - 4204K
2/27/2008 23:30 DOE U.S. Gasoline Inventories 23-Feb - - 1028K
2/27/2008 23:30 DOE U.S. Distillate Inventory 23-Feb - - -4446K
2/27/2008 23:30 DOE U.S. Refinery Utilization 23-Feb - - -1.56%
2/27/2008 23:30 API U.S. Crude Oil Inventories 23-Feb - - 5495K
2/27/2008 23:30 API U.S. Gasoline Inventories 23-Feb - - -2987K
2/27/2008 23:30 API U.S. Distillate Inventory 23-Feb - - -5817K
Thursday
2/28/2008 23:30 EIA Natural Gas Storage Change 23-Feb - - - -
Saturday
3/1/2008 2:00 Baker Hughes U.S. Rig Count 1-Mar - - 1771

Agriculture
Date Time Event Survey Prior
Tuesday
2/26/2008 0:00 Export Inspections - Corn 22-Feb - - 48.41
2/26/2008 0:00 Export Inspections - Soybeans 22-Feb - - 32.96
2/26/2008 0:00 Export Inspections - Wheat 22-Feb - - 20.45
2/26 3/ 1 US DOE Monthly Ethanol Prod DEC - - 14356K
2/26 3/ 1 US DOE Monthly Ethanol Stocks DEC - - 11194K
Wednesday
2/27/2008 6:00 Chicago Merc. Inventories PB 23-Feb - - 53504
Thursday
2/28/2008 21:30 Export Sales - Cotton 22-Feb - - 483.8
2/28/2008 21:30 Export Sales - Soy Oil 22-Feb - - 27
2/28/2008 21:30 Export Sales - Wheat 22-Feb - - 101
2/28/2008 21:30 Export Sales - Soy Meal 22-Feb - - 48.6
2/28/2008 21:30 Export Sales - Corn 22-Feb - - 1141.4
2/28/2008 21:30 Export Sales - Soybeans 22-Feb - - 630.7

Source: Bloomberg