Any enthusiasm in the market over last week's presidential election appeared to have been quickly overwhelmed by such economic data as unemployment numbers and the dismal quarterly reports of the big automakers. Here's a look at what's on the economic calendar for the week of November 10, 2008.
- EEI Financial Conference: Sunday through Thursday
- TIPP Economic Optimism Index (Nov. 2008): Wednesday, 9:00 AM
- Bank of America Securities Energy Conference: Thursday through Friday
- Trade balance (Sept. 2008): Thursday, 8:30 AM
- Job vacancies (Sept. 2008): Thursday, 10:00 AM
- Federal government budget balance (Oct. 2008): Thursday, 2:00 PM
- Retail sales (Oct. 2008): Friday, 8:30 AM
- Import Price Index (Oct. 2008): Friday, 8:30 AM
- Business inventories (Sept. 2008): Friday, 10:00 AM
- University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (Nov. 2008): Friday, 10:00 AM
- International Financial Summit of G20 Nations: Friday, 8:00 PM
For expectations for this some of this coming week's earnings releases, see The week in preview: Macy's, Nordstrom, Abercrombie, JCPenney, and Kohl's.
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