Tom Hanna's Lifestream

This week markets will be moved more by news from corporate America and geopolitics than the scant pickings in the economic news arena. With the federal government closed Monday for a scheduled holiday and Tuesday for the Presidential inauguration, don't look for much news from those sources either unless it's truly dire news. The three major indicators this week are split between confidence readings and housing markets with one focused on both. The first big number of the week will be the State Street Investor Confidence Index, due out Tuesday. Wednesday brings a look at home builder confidence with the Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. Thursday the Commerce Department will report on December housing starts, a number not likely to show any growth, which is still a good thing given the continuing housing inventory glut.

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Indicators

Federal holiday

January State Street Investor Confidence Index Weekly Redbook Retail Index

Leading Index for France from the Conference Board January Housing Market Index Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association

December Housing Starts Leading Index for Germany from the Conference Board Weekly Jobless Claims report from the Employment and Training Administration Weekly Money Supply (M1 and M2) from the Federal Reserve Weekly Petroleum Inventory Report and This Week in Petroleum from the Energy Information Administration

Weekly Natural Gas Report from the Energy Information Administration

Treasury Auctions and Announcements

Federal holiday

11 AM: 4-Week T-Bill Announcement 1 PM: 3-Month and 6- Month T-Bill Auctions

1 PM: 4-Week T-Bill Auction

11 AM: 3-Month and 6-Month T-Bill Announcements 11 AM: 2-year and 5-Year Treasury Note Announcements 11 AM: 20-Year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) Announcement

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