Tom Hanna's Lifestream

It's employment week starting Monday with the Help Wanted Online Data Series from the Conference Board and ending Friday with the big kahuna of labor market numbers, the Employment Situation Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Only Tuesday won't bring at least one labor market statistic. Along the way, we'll get sideshows from the Institute for Supply Management's Nonmanufacturing Report on Business (Tuesday) and the Pending Home Sales Index (Monday) from the National Association of Realtors. Aside from hard economic stats, the week is full of potential ups and downs coming from the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department. Ben Bernanke is slated to testify before Congress on Tuesday and speak to a Chicago Fed conference on Thursday, while Fed branch Presidents are scheduled to speak throughout the week. From Treasury, in addition to the usual T-bill auctions, there will be auctions of 52-week T-bills and 3-year and 10-year Treasury notes plus the semiannual auction of 30-year Treasury bonds.

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Indicators

Help Wanted Online Data Series from the Conference Board Construction Spending from the Commerce Department Pending Home Sales from the National Association of Realtors

Nonmanufacturing Report on Business from the Institute for Supply Management Weekly Redbook Retail Index

Challenger Job Cut Report (announced layoffs) National Employment Report from ADP Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association Weekly Petroleum Inventory Report and This Week in Petroleum from the Energy Information Administration

Leading Index for Japan from the Conference Board Monster Employment index CASH Index from RBC Consumer Credit from the Federal Reserve Productivity and Costs from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Weekly Jobless Claims report from the Employment and Training Administration Weekly Money Supply (M1 and M2) from the Federal Reserve Weekly Natural Gas Report from the Energy Information Administration

Employment Situation Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Wholesale Trade from the Commerce Department

Treasury Auctions and Announcements

11 AM: 4-Week T-Bill Announcement 1 PM: 3-Month and 6- Month T-Bill Auctions

11:30 AM: 52-Week T-Bill Auction 1 PM: 4-Week T-Bill Auction 1 PM: 3-Year Treasury Note Auciton

1 PM: 10-Year Treasury Note Auction

11 AM: 3-Month and 6-Month T-Bill Announcements 1 PM: 30-Year Bond Auction

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