(AFX) - Major business events and economic events scheduled for the coming month (some dates are tentative):
MONDAY, July 3
U.S. stock markets close at 1 p.m. Eastern time in advance of Independence Day.
WASHINGTON -- Commerce Department reports on construction spending for May; Treasury bill auction.
NEW YORK -- The Institute for Supply Management issues its report on activity in the manufacturing economy during June.
DETROIT -- Automakers release their sales figures for June.
TUESDAY, JULY 4
Independence Day. U.S. financial markets are closed.
WEDNESDAY, July 5
WASHINGTON -- Commerce Department reports on factory orders for May.
THURSDAY, July 6
WASHINGTON -- Labor Department reports on weekly jobless claims; Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reports on mortgage rates.
The nation's largest retailers announce their sales figures for June.
FRIDAY, July 7
WASHINGTON -- Labor Department reports on employment for June.
MONDAY, JULY 10
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve reports on consumer credit for May; Treasury bill auction
WEDNESDAY, JULY 12
WASHINGTON -- Commerce Department reports on international trade for May.
THURSDAY, JULY 13
WASHINGTON -- Treasury reports on federal budget for June; Labor Department reports on weekly jobless claims; Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reports on mortgage rates.
FRIDAY, JULY 14
WASHINGTON -- Commerce Department reports on retail sales for June and business inventories for May.
MONDAY, JULY 17
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve reports on industrial production for June; Treasury bill auction.
TUESDAY, JULY 18
WASHINGTON -- Labor Department reports on producer price index for June.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 19
WASHINGTON -- Labor Department reports on consumer price index for June; Commerce Department reports on housing starts for June.
THURSDAY, July 20
WASHINGTON -- Labor Department reports on weekly jobless claims; Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reports on mortgage rates
NEW YORK -- Conference Board reports its monthly Leading Economic Indicators Index.
MONDAY, JULY 24
WASHINGTON -- Treasury bill auction.
TUESDAY, July 25
WASHINGTON -- National Association of Realtors reports on existing home sales for June.
NEW YORK -- Conference Board reports its monthly Consumer Confidence Index.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 26
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve releases survey of regional economic conditions.
THURSDAY, JULY 27
WASHINGTON -- Commerce Department reports on durable goods orders and new home sales for June; Labor Department reports on weekly jobless claims; Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reports on mortgage rates.
FRIDAY, JULY 28
WASHINGTON -- Commerce Department reports on gross domestic product, second quarter, advance; Labor Department reports on employment cost index, second quarter.
MONDAY, July 31
WASHINGTON -- Treasury bill auction.
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