Economic Calendar: December 4-December 8

Time (EST) Indicator (click for definition) Source (click for press release) Actual Forecast Previous (revised) Previous (original) Monday, December 4 No releases. Tuesday, December 5 8:30 a.m. Productivity for Q3 -- revised Labor Department +0.2% +0.5% see Actual 0.0% (Q3 - prelim.) -- +1.2% (Q2) Unit labor costs +2.3% n.a. see Actual +3.8% (Q3 - prelim.) -- -2.4% (Q2) 9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended December 2 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS -2.6% n.a. -0.4% -0.4% 9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended December 2, vs. November Redbook Research +2.4% n.a. -1.8% -1.8%* 10 a.m. Factory orders for October Census Bureau -4.7% -4.0% +1.7% +2.1% 10 a.m. ISM Services - Non-Manufacturing for November Institute for Supply Management 58.9 55.5 57.1 57.1 Wednesday, December 6 9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended December 1 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association 647.6 n.a. 599.0 599.0 Purchase Index 426.6 n.a. 406.7 406.7 9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended December 3 ABC News and Washington Post -1 n.a. 1 1 Thursday, December 7 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended December 2 Labor Department +324,000 +325,000 +358,000 +357,000 Four-week average +329,000 n.a. +325,000 +325,000 Friday, December 8 8:30 a.m. Nonfarm payrolls for November Labor Department +132,000 +105,000 +79,000 +92,000 Average hourly earnings +0.2% +0.3% +0.4% +0.4% Unemployment rate +4.5% +4.5% +4.4% +4.4% Augmented unemployment rate +7.4% n.a. +7.3% +7.3% Pool of available workers 12M n.a. 11M 11M 9:45 a.m. Consumer Sentiment Index for December -- preliminary University of Michigan 90.2 92.0 92.1 92.1 10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended December 1 Economic Cycle Research Institute +1.8% n.a. +1.5% +1.5%

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