This week
Today
- Commerce Secretary Donald Evans announces data for the first new economic indicator to be introduced by the Census Bureau in 40 years: a measure for the service sector.
- Economic indicators: Federal government’s monthly budget statement.
Tuesday
- Economic indicators: Current account balance for second quarter, retail sales for August.
Wednesday
- Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meets in Vienna.
- Economic indicators: Business inventories for July, industrial production and capacity utilization for August.
Thursday
- Economic indicators: Consumer price index for August.