KEY EVENTS TO WATCH FOR:

KEY EVENTS TO WATCH FOR:
Thursday, October 22, 2009
8:30 AM ET. Oct 17 Jobless Claims

Weekly Jobless Claims (expected 518K; previous 514K)

Weekly Jobless Claims Net Change (expected +4K; previous -10K)

Cont Jobless Claims (prior week) (previous 5992000)

Cont Jobless Claims Net Chg (prior week) (previous -75K)

10:00 AM ET. Sept Conference Board Leading Indicators

Leading Index (expected +0.8%; previous +0.6%)

Coincident Index (previous 0%)

Lagging Index (previous -0.1%)

10:00 AM ET. Oct 10 DJ-BTMU Economic Barometer

DJ-BTMU Business Barometer (previous +0.2%)

DJ-BTMU Business Barometer (52 Wk) (previous -7.9%)

10:30 AM ET. Oct 16 EIA Natural Gas Inventories, in billion cubic feet

Total Working Gas in Storage (expected 3735; previous 3716)

Total Working Gas in Storage (Net Change) (expected +19; previous +58)

4:30 PM ET. Oct 12 Money Supply

4:30 PM ET. Oct 21 Fed Discount Window Borrowings, in dollars

Primary Credit Borrowings (previous 27.23B)

Primary Credit Borrowings W/E Daily Avg. (previous 27.38B)

Primary Dealer Borrowings (previous 0B)

Primary Dealer Borrowings W/E Daily Avg. (previous 0B)

Discount Window Borrowings (previous 111.76B)

Discount Window Borrowings W/E Daily Avg. (previous 111.41B)

4:30 PM ET. Oct 21 Foreign Central Bank Holdings, in dollars

Foreign US Debt Holdings (previous 2.86T)

US Foreign Agency Holdings (previous 764.37B)

Foreign Treasury Holdings (previous 2.1T)