Economic Reports for Week of May 12, 2008

Retail Sales April | Reported [5.13] | Est 0.0% | Prior 0.2% | ELEVATED

Retail Sales ex-AUTO | Reported [5.13] | Est 0.2% | Prior 0.1% | ELEVATED

Crude Inventories 5.10 | Reported [5.13] | Prior 5,654,000 | MODEST

Consumer Price Index [CPI] April | Reported [5.14] | Est 0.3% | Prior 0.3% | ELEVATED

Core-CPI April | Reported [5.14] | Est 0.2% | Prior 0.2% | ELEVATED

Initial Jobless Claims 5/10 | Reported [5.15] | Est 365,000 | Prior 365,000 | MODEST

Empire State Index May | Reported [5.15] | Est 1.0 | Prior 0.6 | MODEST

Capacity Utilization Apr | Reported [5.15] | Est 80.2% | Prior 80.3% | MODEST

Industrial Production Apr | Reported [5.15] | Est -0.2% | Prior 0.3% | MODEST

Philly Fed Index May | Reported [5.15] | Est -20.0 | Prior -24.9 | ELEVATED

Building Permits Apr | Reported [5.16] | Est 912,000 | Prior 927,000 | MODEST

Housing Starts Apr | Reported [5.16] | Est 940,000 | Prior 947,000 | MODEST

Consumer Sentiment May | Reported [5.16] | Est 63.0 | Prior 63.2 | MODEST