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Economic Reports and Events This Week

U.S. Domestic: Eastern Time Zone (GMT -5:00) (New York, Toronto) Apr 16 8:30 AM Retail Sales Mar Apr 16 8:30 AM Retail Sales ex-auto Mar Apr 16 8:30 AM Empire Manufacturing Apr Apr 16 9:00 AM Net Long-Term TIC Flows Feb Apr 16 10:00 AM Business Inventories Feb Apr 16 10:00 AM NAHB Housing Market Index Apr Apr 17 8:30 AM Housing Starts Mar Apr 17 8:30 AM Building Permits Mar Apr 17 9:15 AM Industrial Production Mar Apr 17 9:15 AM Capacity Utilization Mar Apr 18 7:00 AM MBA Mortgage Index 04/14 Apr 18 10:30 AM Crude Inventories 04/14 Apr 19 8:30 AM Initial Claims 04/14 Apr 19 8:30 AM Continuing Claims 04/07 Apr 19 10:00 AM Existing Home Sales Mar Apr 19 10:00 AM Philadelphia Fed Apr Apr 19 10:00 AM Leading Indicators Mar International: Eastern Time Zone (GMT -4:00) (New York, Toronto) Apr 15 NZD REINZ House Sales (MAR) Apr 15 CNY Actual FDI (MAR) Apr 15 19:01 GBP Rightmove House Prices (APR) Apr 16 08:30 USD Advance Retail Sales (MAR)*** Apr 16 08:30 USD Retail Sales Less Autos (MAR) Apr 16 08:30 USD Retail Sales Ex Auto and Gas (MAR) Apr 16 09:00 USD Net Long-term TIC Flows (FEB) Apr 16 10:00 USD Business Inventories (FEB) Apr 16 21:30 AUD Reserve Bank Board April Minutes*** Apr 17 GBP Nationwide Consumer Confidence (MAR) Apr 17 00:30 JPY Industrial Production (FEB F) Apr 17 01:00 JPY Consumer Confidence (MAR) Apr 17 04:30 GBP Consumer Price Index (MAR)*** Apr 17 04:30 GBP Core Consumer Price Index (MAR)*** Apr 17 04:30 GBP Retail Price Index (MAR) Apr 17 05:00 EUR Euro-Zone Consumer Price Index – Core (MAR)*** Apr 17 05:00 EUR Euro-Zone Consumer Price Index (MAR)*** Apr 17 05:00 EUR German ZEW Survey (Current Situation) (APR) Apr 17 05:00 EUR Euro-Zone ZEW Survey (Economic Sentiment) (APR) Apr 17 05:00 EUR German ZEW Survey (Economic Sentiment) (APR)*** Apr 17 08:30 USD Housing Starts (MAR) Apr 17 08:30 USD Building Permits (MAR) Apr 17 09:00 CAD Bank of Canada Rate Decision (APR 17)*** Apr 17 09:15 USD Manufacturing (SIC) Production (MAR) Apr 17 09:15 USD Industrial Production (MAR) Apr 17 21:30 CNY China March Property Prices Apr 18 04:30 GBP Bank of England Minutes*** Apr 18 04:30 GBP Claimant Count Rate (MAR) Apr 18 04:30 GBP Jobless Claims Change (MAR)*** Apr 18 04:30 GBP Average Weekly Earnings (3M) (FEB) Apr 18 04:30 GBP ILO Unemployment Rate (3M) (FEB) Apr 18 05:00 CHF ZEW Survey (Expectations) (APR) Apr 18 10:30 CAD Bank of Canada Monetary Policy Report*** Apr 18 18:45 NZD Consumer Prices Index (1Q)*** Apr 18 19:50 JPY Merchandise Trade Balance Total (MAR) Apr 18 21:30 AUD NAB Business Confidence (1Q) Apr 19 10:00 EUR Euro-Zone Consumer Confidence (APR A) Apr 19 10:00 USD Philadelphia Fed. (APR) Apr 19 10:00 USD Existing Home Sales (MAR) Apr 19 10:00 USD Leading Indicators (MAR) Apr 19 19:50 JPY Tertiary Industry Index (FEB) Apr 20 02:00 EUR German Producer Prices (MAR)*** Apr 20 04:00 EUR German IFO – Business Climate (APR) Apr 20 04:00 EUR German IFO – Current Assessment (APR) Apr 20 04:00 EUR German IFO – Expectations (APR) Apr 20 04:30 GBP Retail Sales (MAR) Apr 20 04:30 GBP Retail Sales w/Auto Fuel (MAR) Apr 20 08:30 CAD Leading Indicators (MAR) Apr 20 08:30 CAD Consumer Price Index (MAR)*** Apr 20 08:30 CAD Bank Canada Consumer Price Index Core (MAR)*** Apr 20 09:00 USD G-20 Finance Ministers, Central Bankers Meet in Washington*** ***

Highly influential Notice: The Bastiat Group, Inc. has attempted to verify the information contained in this calendar, however, any aspect of such info may change without notice. Foreign economic reports included in this list are only those deemed medium to high impact.

Key Confirmed Earnings Announcements This Week

Monday, Apr 16, 2012 Before: SCHW, C, GCI, JADE, MTB, MAT During: CVLY After: CERP, JRJC, ELS, ICUI, LNCR, OSN, PNFP, TPLM Tuesday, Apr 17, 2012 Before: CHOP, KO, CMA, FRX, GS, JNJ, LEE, MMR, MBWM, EDU, NTRS, STT, AMTD, USB, USG, GWW, WBS During: WABC After: ALNC, CATY, CREE, CSX, EWBC, FULT, INTC, IBM, ISRG, LLTC, MRTN, PKG, STX, STLY, SYK, URI, YHOO Wednesday, Apr 18, 2012 Before: ABT, APH, ASML, BLX, BK, BLK, DGICA, DOV, FCFS, FRC, HAL, HBAN, JAKK, KCG, NYB, PJC, PNC, PII, DGX, STJ, TXT, UTX, VCBI, WNS During: MFSF After: ALB, AXP, AF, BAS, BRKL, CVCY, CLB, CVA, CCK, CBST, CVBF, EBAY, EXPO, FFIV, HNI, IBKC, LRCX, LHO, MAR, MLNX, MCRI, NE, PCBK, PTP, PLXS, PLCM, QCOM, RLI, SLM, SCSS, SWK, UMPQ, UFPI, VMW, WTFC, YUM Thursday, Apr 19, 2012 Before: ALK, ADS, ARB, BMI, BAC, BAX, BBT, BX, BSX, CASS, CWBC, CY, CYS, DHR, DO, DD, EMC, FCS, FITB, FHN, FNFG, FCX, GNTX, GPC, HAFC, HOMB, IIIN, KEY, LH, LTM, MUSA, MS, MYE, NYT, NOK, NUE, BTU, PENN, PM, POOL, PPG, COL, SASR, SHW, SFNC, SNA, SON, LUV, SWFT, TCB, TRV, TRIB, UTEK, UNP, UNH, VZ, WCC, WAL During: – After: AMD, ALTR, ASBC, BGS, BLDR, COF, CPHD, CHE, CMG, CB, CYN, COBZ, CYT, ETFC, EGP, EFII, EZPW, FWRD, FSL, GDI, GBCI, HUBG, IBKR, LSCC, MATW, MBFI, MSFT, NCR, OCFC, ORB, PBCT, PXLW, PGI, RMTR, RVBD, SNDK, TPX, VMI, WHG, ZHNE Friday, Apr 20, 2012 Before: AOS, AEP, CP, GE, HON, IR, JCI, KMB, MAN, MCD, NPBC, BPOP, SLB, SXT, UA, UBNK During: – After: MCBI

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