Economic Calendar: December 3-December 7

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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