Economic Calendar: December 3-December 7
TSC Staff
12/07/07 - 10:23 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 3 |
| 10 a.m. |
ISM Index - Manufacturing for November
|
Institute for Supply Management |
50.8 |
50.5 |
50.9 |
50.9 |
| Tuesday, December 4 |
| 9 a.m. |
ICSC-UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot for the week ended December 1 |
International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS |
-2.0% |
n.a. |
-0.1% |
-0.1% |
| 9 a.m. |
Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index for the week ended December, vs. October |
Redbook Research |
+2.2% |
n.a. |
+0.3% |
+0.4%* |
| Wednesday, December 5 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Productivity for Q3 -- revised
|
Labor Department |
+6.3% |
+5.8% |
see Actual |
+4.9% (Q3 - prelim.) |
| +2.2% |
+2.6% (Q2) |
| Unit labor costs |
-2.0% |
n.a. |
see Actual |
-0.2% (Q3 - prelim.) |
| -1.1% |
+1.4% (Q2) |
| 9 a.m. |
Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended November 30 -- Market Composite Index |
Mortgage Bankers Association |
791.8 |
n.a. |
646.3 |
652.5 |
| Purchase Index |
464.3 |
n.a. |
403.2 |
450.1 |
| 9 a.m. |
Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended December 2 |
ABC News and Washington Post |
-24 |
n.a. |
-21 |
-21 |
| 10 a.m. |
Factory orders for October
|
Census Bureau |
+0.5% |
0.0% |
+0.3% |
+0.2% |
| 10 a.m. |
ISM Services - Non-Manufacturing for November
|
Institute for Supply Management |
54.1 |
55.0 |
55.8 |
55.8 |
| Thursday, December 6 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended December 1 |
Labor Department |
+338,000 |
+335,000 |
+353,000 |
+352,000 |
| Four-week average |
+340,000 |
n.a. |
+336,000 |
+335,000 |
| Friday, December 7 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Nonfarm payrolls for November
|
Labor Department |
+94,000 |
+70,000 |
+170,000 |
+166,000 |
| Average hourly earnings
|
+0.5% |
+0.3% |
+0.1% |
+0.2% |
| Unemployment rate
|
unchgd. |
+4.8% |
+4.7% |
+4.7% |
| Augmented unemployment rate
|
+7.4% |
n.a. |
+7.3% |
+7.3% |
| Pool of available workers
|
12M |
n.a. |
11M |
11M |
| 10 a.m. |
Consumer Sentiment Index for December -- preliminary
|
University of Michigan |
74.5 |
75.0 |
76.1 |
76.1 |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Weekly Leading Index for the week ended November 30 |
Economic Cycle Research Institute |
-2.7% |
n.a. |
-2.2% |
-1.8% |
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P-Preliminary forecast
*Month through previous Saturday, vs. prior month
Expectations as reported by
Reuters
