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Key US Events In The Coming Week
Summary of key US events in the week ahead:
Monday, April 1
- 10:00AM Construction Spending, February (consensus +0.8%, last -2.1%); Recent data on construction employment and housing units under construction point to a rebound from January's 2.1% drop.
- 10:00AM ISM Manufacturing Index, March (consensus 54.2, last 54.2); The slowdown in some regional Fed surveys and the Chicago PMI point to a slight drop in the ISM Manufacturing Index.
Tuesday, April 2
- 10:00AM Factory Orders, February (consensus +2.5%, last -2.0%) ; Strong orders for durable goods point to an increase in factory orders in February.
- 01:00PM Minnesota Fed President Kocherlakota (FOMC non-voter) speaks on monetary policy; Minnesota Fed President Kocherlakota will speak on "Improving the Outlook with Better Monetary Policy" and will take questions. Remarks will be similar to last week's speech of the same title, in which he repeated his preference for a 5.5% unemployment threshold for forward guidance on the Fed funds rate.
- 01:30PM Atlanta Fed President Lockhart (FOMC non-voter) will speak and take questions.
- 05:00PM Motor Vehicle Sales, March (consensus 15.3m, last 15.3m); Domestic Motor Vehicle Sales, March (GS 12.0m, consensus 12.0m, last 12.0m)
- 07:30PM Chicago Fed President Evans (FOMC voter) and Richmond Fed President Lacker (FOMC non-voter) will speak at a conference at Virginia Commonwealth University and take questions.
Wednesday, April 3
- 08:15AM ADP Employment Change, March (consensus 198k, last 198k)
- 10:00AM ISM Nonmanufacturing Index, March (consensus 56.0, last 56.0); The drop in March in the service sector component of the Richmond Fed's survey is balanced by recent strength in retail sales. ISM Nonmanufacturing Index is expected to drop only slightly to 55.5, roughly in line with the three-month moving average.
03:30PM San Francisco Fed President Williams (FOMC non-voter) speaks on monetary policy
Thursday, April 4
- 08:30AM Initial UI claims (consensus 340k, last 357k), continuing claims (consensus 3,041k, last 3,050k); Initial claims rose by 16k last week, but the 4 week moving average remains just above post-recession lows at 343k. Continuing claims have also continued to trend down.
- 08:45AM Chicago Fed President Evans (FOMC voter) and Atlanta Fed President Lockhart speak on monetary policy
- 10:30AM Fed Chairman Bernanke speaks on the economy via taped video at University of Dayton conference
- 12:30PM Kansas City Fed President George (FOMC voter) speaks on the economy; George has dissented to both FOMC decisions this year, citing concern about financial imbalances.
- 05:00PM Fed Vice Chair Janet Yellen interviewed by Fortune Magazine
Friday, April 5
- 08:30AM Nonfarm Payrolls, March (consensus 190k, last 236k); Jobless claims continued to fall in March and job ads increased.
- 08:30AM Unemployment Rate, March (consensus 7.7%, last 7.7%); Last month's two-tenths drop in the unemployment rate consisted of roughly equal contributions from increased employment and decreased participation.
- 08:30AM Average Hourly Earnings, March (consensus +0.2%, last +0.2%); Growth in average hourly wages has been subdued at about 2% year-over-year for the past few years.
- 08:30AM Trade balance, February (consensus -$44.6bn, last -$44.4bn); A roughly flat trade balance is expected with a slight drop in petroleum imports. The trade balance was volatile at the end of 2012 and was slightly wider in January than the 6-month moving average of -$42.6bn.
- 03:00PM Consumer Credit, February (consensus +$16.0bn, last +$16.1bn); Consumer credit has expanded at a steady pace of about $16bn per month over the last few months. The consensus expects the recent trend to continue
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Still nothing about beefing up border security? Oh well....maybe next week after they take all our guns.
As long as money can't get OUT, all is well.
You could be in for some trouble, I suggest you watch your back 24/7 from now on.
Don't forget these key events:
Monday - 8:30 - slam down PMs;
Tuesday - 8:30 - slam down PMs;
Wednesday - 8:30 - slam down PMs;
Thursday - 8:30 - slam down PMs;
Friday - 8:30 - slam down PMs...!
That about covers it
It's gotta be costing those guys a freakin fortune in fiat.
I'm not going to complain about it....it's the only government program that's ever helped me.
@ Get Zee Gold:
No worries, man! The moar they print, the moar undervalued it gets. So on one hand, Ben Bernanke is actually doing us a favor, giving us a chance to stack moar.
Thank You, Chairsatan!
the longer they hold the reins of gold, the higher will gold overshoot when the reins come loose.
Hyperinflation: Wiemar, Germany January 1919 to November 1923
[Expressed in German Marks needed to by an oz. of ag. or au.]"
Jan. 1919
Silver 12
Gold 170
May. 1919
Silver 17
Gold 267
Sept. 1919
Silver 31
Gold 499
Jan. 1920
Silver 84
Gold 1,340
May 1920
Silver 60
Gold 966
Sept. 1921
Silver 80
Gold 2,175
Jan. 1922
Silver 249
Gold 3,976
May. 1922
Silver 375
Gold 6,012
Sept. 1922
Silver 1899
Gold 30,381
Jan. 1923
Silver 23,277
Gold 372,447
May. 1923
Silver 44,397
Gold 710,355
June 5, 1923
Silver 80,953
Gold 1,295,256
July 3, 1923
Silver 207,239
Gold 3,315,831
Aug. 7, 1923
Silver 4,273,874
Gold 68,382,000
Sept. 4, 1923
Silver 16,839,937
Gold 269,429,000
Oct. 2, 1923
Silver 414,484,000
Gold 6,631,749,000
Oct. 9, 1923
Silver 1,554,309,000
Gold 24,868,950,000
Oct. 16, 1923
Silver 5,319,567,000
Gold 84,969,072,000
Oct. 23, 1923
Silver 7,253,460,000
Gold 1,160,552,662,000
In the last month of the weimar pm's started at silver 12 marks gold 170 marks in Jan 1919 to the following. Anybody want to do the math....don't let your pm's go to soon. Hold out till the last minute. Like just prior to starvation.
Oct. 30, 1923
Silver 8,419,200,000
Gold 1,347,070,000,000
Nov. 5, 1923
Silver 54,375,000,000
Gold 8,700,000,000,000
Nov. 13, 1923
Silver 108,750,000,000
Gold 17,400,000,000,000
Nov. 30, 1923
Silver 543,750,000,000
Gold 87,000,000,000,000
Hyperinflation: Wiemar, Germany January 1919 to November 1923
[Expressed in German Marks needed to by an oz. of ag. or au.]"
Jan. 1919
Silver 12
Gold 170
May. 1919
Silver 17
Gold 267
Sept. 1919
Silver 31
Gold 499
Jan. 1920
Silver 84
Gold 1,340
May 1920
Silver 60
Gold 966
Sept. 1921
Silver 80
Gold 2,175
Jan. 1922
Silver 249
Gold 3,976
May. 1922
Silver 375
Gold 6,012
Sept. 1922
Silver 1899
Gold 30,381
Jan. 1923
Silver 23,277
Gold 372,447
May. 1923
Silver 44,397
Gold 710,355
June 5, 1923
Silver 80,953
Gold 1,295,256
July 3, 1923
Silver 207,239
Gold 3,315,831
Aug. 7, 1923
Silver 4,273,874
Gold 68,382,000
Sept. 4, 1923
Silver 16,839,937
Gold 269,429,000
Oct. 2, 1923
Silver 414,484,000
Gold 6,631,749,000
Oct. 9, 1923
Silver 1,554,309,000
Gold 24,868,950,000
Oct. 16, 1923
Silver 5,319,567,000
Gold 84,969,072,000
Oct. 23, 1923
Silver 7,253,460,000
Gold 1,160,552,662,000
In the last month of the weimar pm's started at silver 12 marks gold 170 marks in Jan 1919 to the following. Anybody want to do the math....don't let your pm's go to soon. Hold out till the last minute. Like just prior to starvation.
Oct. 30, 1923
Silver 8,419,200,000
Gold 1,347,070,000,000
Nov. 5, 1923
Silver 54,375,000,000
Gold 8,700,000,000,000
Nov. 13, 1923
Silver 108,750,000,000
Gold 17,400,000,000,000
Nov. 30, 1923
Silver 543,750,000,000
Gold 87,000,000,000,000
bullshit numbers and fedspeak. :yawn:
GS, eh?
:)
P.S. Non-farm exp. consensus is intentionally low, so we could have an, "OMG - Recovery!" reaction. Pass the Hopium.
Key events this week- 'Lie, Cheat, Steal, Lie some moar'
Followed by:
Rape, Murder, Wage War and Pillage
Another week of viperous lies.
All this talk about building a fence to keep out foreigners...I'd rather build a fence (if not prison) around DC.
Fed presidents three day week schedule.
Monday : rest
Tuesday : propaganda and market intererence
Wednesday : propaganda and market interference
Thursday : propaganda and market interference
Friday : rest
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