ALL TIMES ET/GMT
TREASURY DEPARTMENT:
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner outlines a new comprehensive plan to restore stability to financial system, Washington, D.C., 11 a.m. (1600 GMT).
Treasury Department holds weekly sale of 4-week bills; sells 52-week bills, 11:30 a.m. (1630 GMT).
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner interviewed on CNBC, 12 p.m. (1700 GMT)
Treasury Department sells 3-year notes, 1 p.m. (1800 GMT).
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies before the Senate Banking Committee, 2:30 p.m. (1930 GMT).
FEDERAL RESERVE:
Federal Reserve issues results of its $150 billion, 28-day TAF auction, 10 a.m. (1500 GMT).
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on the Fed's effort to foster liquidity, 1 p.m. (1800 GMT).
ECONOMIC INDICATORS:
ICSC/Goldman Sachs release chain store sales for the week ended Feb 7 versus the prior week, 7:45 a.m. (1245 GMT). In the previous week, sales rose 1.6 percent.
Redbook releases its Retail Sales Index of department and chain store sales for February versus January, 8:55 a.m. (1355 GMT). In the prior period, sales fell 2.7 percent.
Commerce Department releases wholesale inventories for December, 10 a.m. (1500 GMT). Economists in a Reuters survey forecast inventories to fall 0.8 percent versus a decline of 0.6 percent in November.
Investor's Business Daily and TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence releases the IBD consumer confidence index for February, 10 a.m. (1500 GMT). The index read 45.4 in January.
ABC News releases its consumer comfort index for the week ended Feb. 8 versus the prior week, 5 p.m. (2200 GMT). Economists in a Reuters survey expect a reading of -52, a repeat of the previous week's figure.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT:
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner outlines a new comprehensive plan to restore stability to financial system, Washington, D.C., 11 a.m. (1600 GMT).
Treasury Department holds weekly sale of 4-week bills; sells 52-week bills, 11:30 a.m. (1630 GMT).
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner interviewed on CNBC, 12 p.m. (1700 GMT)
Treasury Department sells 3-year notes, 1 p.m. (1800 GMT).
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies before the Senate Banking Committee, 2:30 p.m. (1930 GMT).
FEDERAL RESERVE:
Federal Reserve issues results of its $150 billion, 28-day TAF auction, 10 a.m. (1500 GMT).
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on the Fed's effort to foster liquidity, 1 p.m. (1800 GMT).
ECONOMIC INDICATORS:
ICSC/Goldman Sachs release chain store sales for the week ended Feb 7 versus the prior week, 7:45 a.m. (1245 GMT). In the previous week, sales rose 1.6 percent.
Redbook releases its Retail Sales Index of department and chain store sales for February versus January, 8:55 a.m. (1355 GMT). In the prior period, sales fell 2.7 percent.
Commerce Department releases wholesale inventories for December, 10 a.m. (1500 GMT). Economists in a Reuters survey forecast inventories to fall 0.8 percent versus a decline of 0.6 percent in November.
Investor's Business Daily and TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence releases the IBD consumer confidence index for February, 10 a.m. (1500 GMT). The index read 45.4 in January.
ABC News releases its consumer comfort index for the week ended Feb. 8 versus the prior week, 5 p.m. (2200 GMT). Economists in a Reuters survey expect a reading of -52, a repeat of the previous week's figure.
Keywords: DIARY USTREASURIES (U.S. Treasury Desk; +1-646-223-6300) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.