U.S. economic data due for release Tuesday includes the NFIB small business index, the weekly Goldman Sachs chain store sales index, import and export prices, the weekly Johnson Redbook retail sales report and the monthly Treasury budget statement.

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Does anything move markets these days more than a monthly same-store sales report from Wal-Mart ?

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U.S. economic data due for release Wednesday includes the weekly MBA mortgage applications survey, pending home sales, the monthly house price index, the weekly DOE energy stocks report, and the FOMC statement and Fed chairman press conference.

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U.S. economic data due for release Wednesday includes the weekly MBA mortgage applications survey, import and export price indexes, retail sales, manufacturing and trade inventories and sales, the monthly Treasury budget statement and the weekly DOE liquid energy stocks report.

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U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, retail sales, manufacturing and trade inventories and sales, and the monthly Treasury budget statement.

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