DIARY-U. S. Treasuries, Thursday, May 20

ALL TIMES EDT/GMT:

TREASURY DEPARTMENT:

Treasury Department announces hebdomadal 3- and 6-month bill

sale offerings, and announces 2-, 5-, 7-year minute sales, 11

a.m. (1500 GMT)

FEDERAL RESERVE:

Federal Reserve Board Governor Daniel Tarullo testifies forward

‘International Response to European Debt Problems’ before the

House Financial Services subcommittee without ceasing international monetary

policy and trade and subcommittee on domestic monetary wit

and technology, Washington, D.C., 2 p.m. (1800 GMT)

Fed releases hebdomadal money stock, liquid assets and debt

measures and the weekly relate on factors affecting reserves of

depository institutions and the condition report of the

Federal Reserve banks, 4:30 p.m. (2030 GMT)

ECONOMIC INDICATORS:

Labor Department releases in the ~ place-time claims for jobless

benefits for the week ended May 15, 8:30 a.m. (1230 GMT).

Economists in a Reuters measure and estimate forecast a total of 440,000 new

filings compared with 444,000 in the former week.

The Conference Board releases its report on April leading

household indicators, 10 a.m. (1400 GMT). Economists in a

Reuters contemplate forecast a 0.2 percent rise compared with a 1.4

percent mount in the prior month.

Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank releases May business

activity survey, 10 a.m. (1400 GMT). Economists in a Reuters

examine forecast a reading of 22.0 versus 20.2 in April.

Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International

releases its part-to-bill ratio for April, 6 p.m. (2200 GMT).

In the prior month, the book-to-bill ratio was 1.19.

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