ECONOMIC REPORTS AND EVENTS NEXT WEEK

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U.S. Domestic: Eastern Time Zone (GMT -5:00) (New York, Toronto) May 15 8:30 AM Retail Sales Apr May 15 8:30 AM Retail Sales ex-auto Apr May 15 8:30 AM CPI Apr May 15 8:30 AM Core CPI Apr May 15 8:30 AM Empire Manufacturing May May 15 9:00 AM Net Long-Term TIC Flows Mar May 15 10:00 AM Business Inventories Mar May 15 10:00 AM NAHB Housing Market Index May 16 7:00 AM MBA Mortgage Index 05/12 May 16 8:30 AM Housing Starts Apr May 16 8:30 AM Building Permits Apr May 16 9:15 AM Industrial Production Apr May 16 9:15 AM Capacity Utilization Apr May 16 10:30 AM Crude Inventories 05/12 May 16 2:00 PM FOMC Minutes 4/25 May 17 8:30 AM Initial Claims 05/12 May 17 8:30 AM Continuing Claims 05/05 May 17 10:00 AM Philadelphia Fed May May 17 10:00 AM Leading Indicators Apr International: Eastern Time Zone (GMT -4:00) (New York, Toronto) May 13 CNY New Yuan Loans (Apr) *** May 13 NZD REINZ House Sales (Apr) May 13 18:45 NZD Retail Sales Ex. Inflation (Q1) May 13 21:30 AUD Home Loans (Mar) May 14 CHF Actual FDI (Apr) May 14 04:30 EUR Italian General Government Debt (Mar) May 14 05:00 EUR Euro-Zone Industrial Production (Mar) May 14 21:30 AUD Reserve Bank Board May Minutes *** May 15 01:00 JPY Consumer Confidence (Apr) May 15 01:30 EUR French Gross Domestic Product (Q1) May 15 02:00 EUR German Gross Domestic Product (Q1) *** May 15 04:30 GBP Visible Trade Balance (Mar) May 15 05:00 EUR Euro-Zone Gross Domestic Product (Q1) *** May 15 05:00 EUR German ZEW Survey (May) *** May 15 08:30 USD Consumer Price Index (Apr) *** May 15 08:30 USD Advance Retail Sales (Apr) *** May 15 09:00 USD Net Long-term TIC Flows (Mar) May 15 10:00 USD Business Inventories (Mar) May 15 19:50 JPY Machine Orders (Mar) May 15 19:50 JPY Tertiary Industry Index (Mar) May 15 20:30 AUD Westpac Consumer Confidence (May) May 16 04:00 EUR Italian Gross Domestic Product (Q1) May 16 04:30 GBP Claimant Count Rate (Apr) May 16 04:30 GBP Jobless Claims Change (Apr) *** May 16 04:30 GBP Weekly Earnings May 16 04:30 GBP ILO Unemployment Rate (Mar) May 16 05:00 EUR Euro-Zone Consumer Price Index (Apr) *** May 16 05:00 CHF ZEW Survey (Expectations) (May) May 16 05:30 GBP Bank of England Inflation Report *** May 16 08:30 USD Housing Starts (Apr) May 16 08:30 USD Building Permits (Apr) May 16 09:15 USD Industrial Production (Apr) May 16 14:00 USD Fed Releases Minutes from April 24-25 FOMC Meeting *** May 16 19:50 JPY Housing Loans (Q1) May 16 19:50 JPY Nominal Gross Domestic Product (Q1) *** May 16 21:00 AUD Consumer Inflation Expectation (May) May 16 21:30 AUD Average Weekly Wages (Feb) May 17 00:30 JPY Industrial Production (Mar) May 17 10:00 USD Philadelphia Fed (May) May 17 10:00 USD Leading Indicators (Apr) May 17 21:30 CNY China April Property Prices May 18 02:00 EUR German Producer Prices (Apr) *** May 18 08:30 CAD Consumer Price Index (Apr) *** *** 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 EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS NEXT WEEK

Monday, May 14, 2012 Before: A, AMCN, CTFO, CGR, GSL, IOC, KIOR, RVSN, MOBI, SLW, VRS During: – After: AL, ASEI, ATHX, CPHC, CONM, CSOD, CYCC, DVOX, ELMD, GLBS, GBG, GRPN, INUV, LGL, LPR, MM, NED, OPNT, SUMR, VOXX Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Before: AONE, ADGE, ACAT, AMAP, AXPW, BSPM, BRD, CLSN, DSCI, ESLT, EGT, ENG, GAXC, GOLF, HOLI, HD, JCP, KITD, MIL, NEXS, CEL, PTX, PERI, PLUG, SKS, SYPR, TJX, VAL, VIT, VSCP During: ALOT, BDR, CPRX, ELP, GPRC, IG After: CXM, BORN, DRJ, DYSL, EGAS, ESEA, FSI, FFHL, GVP, IIJI, LWAY, PAAS, DSS, RMKR, SINA, SPTN, INN, THQI, VRML, WYY Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Before: ANF, ALVR, BRC, CHS, CTRN, DE, EXP, EDAP, SFL, SPLS, TGT, TSTF, VVTV During: – After: VNET, EGHT, AAP, ANW, CHRM, DL, CPWM, CTRP, GTAT, HOTT, KONG, LTD, NTES, TK, TNK, VSAT, WSTL Thursday, May 17, 2012 Before: BONT, CATO, PLCE, CSC, DLTR, GME, GSOL, PERY, PCP, PBH, QSII, RRGB, ROST, SHLD, SSI, TGP, TSEM, WMT During: – After: ARO, AMAT, ADSK, COSI, LONG, GPS, GIGM, INTU, MRVL, PSUN, SVM, SMT Friday, May 18, 2012 Before: ANN, BWS, CMRG, IMOS, DCI, FL, HIBB, KIRK During: – After:

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