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Monday, November 30
10 a.m. Chicago Purchasing Managers' Index for November National Association of Purchasing Management -- Chicago 56.1 53.0 54.2 54.2
Tuesday, December 1
9 a.m. ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended November 28 International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS -- n.a. -- 0.0%
9 a.m. Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended November 28, vs. October Redbook Research -- n.a. -- +4.8%*
10 a.m. Construction spending for October Census Bureau -- -0.4% -- +0.8%
10 a.m. ISM Index - Manufacturing for November Institute for Supply Management -- 54.8 -- 55.7
Wednesday, December 2
9 a.m. Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended November 27 -- Market Composite Index Mortgage Bankers Association -- n.a. -- 601.0
Purchase Index -- n.a. -- 223.1
9 a.m. Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended November 29 ABC News and Washington Post -- n.a. -- -47
2 p.m. Beige Book Federal Reserve The Fed's anecdotal report on economic conditions around the country is for consideration at the Federal Open Market Committee's December 15-16 meeting.
Thursday, December 3
8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended November 28 Labor Department -- +483,000 -- +466,000
Four-week average -- n.a. -- +497,000
8:30 a.m. Employment Cost Index for Q4 Labor Department -- n.a. -- 0.4%
8:30 a.m. Productivity for Q3 -- revised Labor Department -- +8.5% see Actual +9.5% (Q3 - prelim.)
-- +6.9% (Q2)
Unit labor costs -- n.a. see Actual -5.9% (Q3 - prelim.)
-- -5.9% (Q2)
10 a.m. Bernanke speech Federal Reserve The Fed chairman speaks to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs on the topic: Confirmation Hearing
10 a.m. ISM Services - Non-Manufacturing for November Institute for Supply Management -- 51.5 -- 50.6
Friday, December 4
8:30 a.m. Nonfarm payrolls for November Labor Department -- -114,000 -- -190,000
Average hourly earnings -- +0.2% -- +0.3%
Unemployment rate -- +10.2% -- +10.2%
Augmented unemployment rate -- n.a. -- +13.6%
Pool of available workers -- n.a. -- 22M
10 a.m. Factory orders for October Census Bureau -- +0.2% -- +0.9%
10:30 a.m. Weekly Leading Index for the week ended November 27 Economic Cycle Research Institute -- n.a. -- +24.9%
P-Preliminary forecast
*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
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