The Credit Calendar

MONDAY, December 10
The Treasury raises $6.997 billion at its regular weekly auction of three-month and six-month discount bills by selling $41 billion to refund $34.003 billion of maturing securities. Also maturing is an estimated $28 billion of publicly held four-week Treasury bills, the disposition of which will be announced.

TUESDAY, December 11
Wholesale trade figures for November are announced by the Commerce Department.
The Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve Board meets, after which it will announce whether it is changing the Federal Reserve Board’s interest rate policy.

WEDNESDAY, December 12
International trade figures for October are released by the Commerce Department.
Import and export prices for November are released by the Labor Department.
The federal budget deficit or surplus for November are released by the Treasury Department.

THURSDAY, December 13
Initial jobless claims for the week ending Dec. 8 are announced by the Labor Department.
Producer price figures for November are released by the Labor Department.
Retail sales figures for November are released by the Commerce Department.
Business inventory and sales figures for October are released by the Commerce Department.

FRIDAY, December 14
Consumer price figures for November are released by the Labor Department.
Industrial production and capacity utilization figures for November are announced by the Federal Reserve Board.

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