ALL TIMES EST/GMT:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT:
No events are scheduled.
FEDERAL RESERVE:
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on the economic outlook before the Senate Budget Committee, Washington, D.C., 9:30 a.m. (1430 GMT)
Federal Reserve Board Governor Elizabeth Duke speaks on the economic outlook before the Maryland Bankers Association First Friday Economic Outlook Forum, Baltimore, Maryland, 1:30 p.m. (1830 GMT)
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans participates in 'the Future of Monetary Policy' panel before the American Economic Association annual meeting, Denver, Colorado 4:30 p.m. (2130 GMT)
ECONOMIC INDICATORS:
Labor Department releases December employment report. 8:30 a.m. (1330 GMT). Economists in a Reuters survey forecast 175,000 jobs were created in December compared with a 39,000 new jobs in November. The unemployment rate is seen at 9.7 percent, versus with a 9.8 percent rate in November.
Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) releases its December monthly future inflation gauge index, 9:40 a.m. (1440 GMT). The index read 99.6 in November.
ECRI releases its weekly index of economic activity for Dec. 31, 10:30 a.m. (1530 GMT). In the prior week the index read 128.8.
Federal Reserve issues November consumer credit, 3 p.m. (2000 GMT). Economists in a Reuters survey forecast consumer credit to rise $1 billion versus $3.4 billion increase in October. Keywords: DIARY USTREASURIES (U.S. Treasury Desk; +1-646-223-6300) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2011. 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.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT:
No events are scheduled.
FEDERAL RESERVE:
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on the economic outlook before the Senate Budget Committee, Washington, D.C., 9:30 a.m. (1430 GMT)
Federal Reserve Board Governor Elizabeth Duke speaks on the economic outlook before the Maryland Bankers Association First Friday Economic Outlook Forum, Baltimore, Maryland, 1:30 p.m. (1830 GMT)
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans participates in 'the Future of Monetary Policy' panel before the American Economic Association annual meeting, Denver, Colorado 4:30 p.m. (2130 GMT)
ECONOMIC INDICATORS:
Labor Department releases December employment report. 8:30 a.m. (1330 GMT). Economists in a Reuters survey forecast 175,000 jobs were created in December compared with a 39,000 new jobs in November. The unemployment rate is seen at 9.7 percent, versus with a 9.8 percent rate in November.
Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) releases its December monthly future inflation gauge index, 9:40 a.m. (1440 GMT). The index read 99.6 in November.
ECRI releases its weekly index of economic activity for Dec. 31, 10:30 a.m. (1530 GMT). In the prior week the index read 128.8.
Federal Reserve issues November consumer credit, 3 p.m. (2000 GMT). Economists in a Reuters survey forecast consumer credit to rise $1 billion versus $3.4 billion increase in October. Keywords: DIARY USTREASURIES (U.S. Treasury Desk; +1-646-223-6300) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2011. 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.