LEHMAN BROTHERS ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES INDEX
A fixed-income index, which focuses on asset-backed securities. A subset index of the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index, it serves as a performance standard for most asset-backed securities. The index includes the following securities: bullet-structured, controlled-amortization, and pass-through. All three have a minimum average life of one year. It concentrates on the following forms of asset-backed debt: auto loans, credit loans, and home equity loans.
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| 06:30 | Tertiary Industry Index | Apr | |
| 08:00 | Wholesale Price Index | May | |
| 08:30 | Producer & Import Prices | May | |
| 09:00 | SECO Consumer Confidence | May | |
| 10:00 | Trade Balance | Apr | |
| 11:00 | Current Account (sa) | Apr | |
| 11:00 | Industrial Production | Apr | |
| 14:15 | Housing Starts | May | |
| 14:30 | NY Fed Empire State manufacturing index | Jun |


