(AFX) - Major business events and economic events scheduled for the coming month (some dates are tentative):
FRIDAY, Sept. 1
WASHINGTON -- Labor Department reports on employment for August; Commerce Department reports on construction spending for July.
NEW YORK -- The Institute for Supply Management issues its report on activity in the manufacturing economy during August.
DETROIT -- Automakers release their sales figures for August.
MONDAY, Sept. 4
Labor Day. U.S. financial markets are closed.
TUESDAY, Sept. 5
WASHINGTON -- Treasury bill auction.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6
WASHINGTON -- Labor Department reports on productivity and costs, second quarter, revised; Federal Reserve releases survey of regional economic conditions.
THURSDAY, Sept. 7
WASHINGTON -- Labor Department reports on weekly jobless claims; Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reports on mortgage rates.
FRIDAY, Sept. 8
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve reports on consumer credit for July.
MONDAY, Sept. 11
WASHINGTON -- Treasury bill auction.
TUESDAY, Sept. 12
WASHINGTON -- Commerce Department reports on international trade for July.
NEW YORK -- Scheduled sentencing of former Computer Associates CEO Sanjay Kumar, who pleaded guilty to obstructing justice in a stock fraud scandal.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 13
WASHINGTON -- Treasury reports on federal budget for August.
THURSDAY, Sept. 14
WASHINGTON -- Commerce Department reports on retail sales for August and business inventories for July; Labor Department reports on weekly jobless claims; Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reports on mortgage rates.
FRIDAY, Sept. 15
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve reports on industrial production for August; Labor Department reports on consumer price index for August.
MONDAY, Sept. 18
WASHINGTON -- Commerce Department reports on current account, second quarter; Treasury bill auction.
TUESDAY, Sept. 19
WASHINGTON -- Labor Department reports on producer price index for August; Commerce Department reports on housing starts for August.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20
WASHINGTON -- Federal Open Market Committee meets to discuss interest rates.
THURSDAY, Sept. 21
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.
FRIDAY, Sept. 24
Nothing scheduled.
MONDAY, Sept. 25
WASHINGTON -- National Association of Realtors reports on existing-home sales for August; Treasury bill auction.
TUESDAY, Sept. 26
NEW YORK -- Conference Board reports its monthly Consumer Confidence Index.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27
WASHINGTON -- Commerce Department reports on durable goods orders and new home sales for August.
THURSDAY, Sept. 28
WASHINGTON -- Commerce Department reports on gross domestic product, second quarter, final; Labor Department reports on weekly jobless claims; Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reports on mortgage rates.
FRIDAY, Sept. 29
WASHINGTON -- Commerce Department reports on personal income and spending for August.
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