DIARY - Today in Washington - July 31

July 31

ALL TIMES IN EDT/GMT

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0830/1230 - Commerce Dept. issues first estimate of U.S.
second-quarter gross domestic product.

0830/1230 - Labor Dept. issues second-quarter employment
cost index; weekly jobless claims.

1000/1400 - Center for Economic and Policy Research
Co-Director Dean Baker holds teleconference call/Q7A on the Q2
2008 GDP report.

1100/1500 - Treasury Dept. weekly announcement of 3- and
6-month bill sale offerings.

1230/1630 - Donald Marron, senior adviser, White House
Council of Economic Advisers, gives an "Update on the U.S.
Economy" before a National Economists Club luncheon.

1300/1700 House Financial Services Committee Chairman
Barney Frank, Ranking Member Spencer Bachus, and Subcommittee
on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored
Enterprises Chairman Paul Kanjorski hold a press conference to
discuss auction rate securities.

1300/1700 - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson delivers
remarks on markets and the economy before the Exchequer Club of
Washington.

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