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To: david777 who wrote (12138)	4/30/2005 11:52:57 PM
From: david777	Respond to of 13331

Economic Calendar: These are consensus expectations. May 02 Construction Spending, March (10:00): 0.3% expected and 0.4% prior ISM Index, April (10:00): 55.0 expected and 55.2 prior May 03 Auto Sales, April (00:00): 5.4M expected and 5.5M prior Truck Sales, April (00:00): 7.9M expected and 7.9M prior Factory Orders, March (10:00): -1.2% expected and 0.2% prior FOMC policy announce (14:15): Expecting a 25BP hike and dropping the 'measured pace' language or keeping the same language where it basically eliminated the phrase already. No mention of stopping the rate hiking. May 04 ISM Services, April (10:00): 61.0 expected and 63.1 prior May 05 Initial Jobless Claims, 04/30 (08:30): 323K expected and 320K prior Productivity-Prelim., Q1 (08:30): 1.8% expected and 2.1% prior May 06 Non-farm Payrolls, April (08:30): 173K expected and 110K prior Unemployment Rate, April (08:30): 5.2% expected and 5.2% prior Hourly Earnings, April (08:30): 0.2% expected and 0.3% prior Average Workweek, April (08:30): 33.7 expected and 33.7 prior Consumer Credit, March (15:00): $6.0B expected and $5.6B prior