ECONOMIC CALENDAR
Most investors know by now the value of economic indicators. In general, they indicate how the economic condition of the country and offer a glimpse into the near future. Some indicators are more important than others. Some have no value at all except to provide headlines for the media. For example during the month of March 2010, the calendar had no less than 58 indicators. Some days had as many as six indicators.
Let’s look at them:
March 1, 1). Personal Income and Outlays. 2). ISM Manufacturing Index. 3). Construction Spending.
March 2, 1.) Motor Vehicle Sales.
March 3, 1). Challenger Job Cut. 2). ADP Employment report. 3). ISM Non Manufacturing Index.
4). EIA Petroleum report.
March 4. 1). Monster Employment report. 2). Jobless Claims. 3). Productivity and Cost. 4) .Factory orders.
5). Pending Home sales Index . 6.Money Supply.
March 5. 1). EMPLOYMENT SITUATION. 2). Consumer credit.
March 10. 1). Wholesales Trade. 2). EIA Petreleum Status Report.
March 11. 1).International Trade. 2).Jobless claims. 3) .Money Supply.
March 12. 1).Retail Sales. 2).Consumer sentiment. 3).Business Inventories.
March 15. 1).Empire State Manufacturing Index. 2). Treasury International Capital. 3).Industrial Production.
4). Housing Market Index.
March 16. 1). Housing Start. 2).Import and Export Prices. 3).FOMC Meeting Annoncment.
March 17. 1). PRODUCER PRICE INDEX. 2).EIA Petroleum Report.
March 18. 1). COSUMER PRICE INDEX. 2) .Jobless Claims. 3). Current Account. 4). Leading Indicators.
5). Philadelphia Fed Survey. 6). Money Supply.
March 19. QUADRUPLE WITCHING OPTION EXPERATION.
March 23. 1.) Existing Home Sale.
March 24. 1). Durable Goods Order. 2). New Home Sales. 3).EIA Petroleum Report.
March 25. 1) .Jobless Claims. 2). Money Supply.
March 26. 1). GDP. 2). Corporate Profit. 3). Consumer Sentiment.
March 29. 1). Personal Income and outlays.
March 30. 1). S&P Case Shiller HPI. 2). Consumer Sentiment. 3) . State Street Investors Confident Index.
4). Farm Prices.
March 31. 1). ADP Employment Report. 2) .Chicago PMI. 3). Factory Outlay. 4). EIA Petroleum Report.
So which one of those is important? My opinion is that only those in Capital Letter are worthy to watch for.