Economic Calendar: December 4-December 8
TSC Staff
12/08/06 - 10:29 AM EST
   
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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% |
|
P-Preliminary forecast
*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
Expectations as reported by
Reuters
