Trade Gap Expected to Widen -- Data Week Ahead
December 02 2016 - 2:34PM
Dow Jones News
The following are forecasts for next week's U.S. data from a
survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal.
DATE TIME RELEASE PERIOD CONSENSUS PREVIOUS
(ET)
Monday 0945 Markit Services PMI Nov 55.1 (3) 54.7*
1000 ISM Non-Mfg PMI Nov 55.5 (11) 54.8
Tuesday 0830 U.S. Trade Deficit Oct -$42.0B (10) -$36.4B
0830 Productivity (Revised) 3Q +3.3% (10) +3.1%**
0830 Unit Labor Costs (Revised) 3Q +0.2% (10) +0.3%**
1000 Factory Orders Oct +2.6% (10) +0.3%
Wednesday 1000 Job Openings Oct N/A 5.5M
& Labor Turnover
1500 Consumer Credit Oct +$17.9B (4) +$19.3B
Thursday 0830 Jobless Claims Dec 3 259K (8) 268K
Friday 1000 Consumer Sentiment Dec 94.0 (9) 93.8***
(Preliminary)
1000 Wholesale Inventories Oct -0.4% (4) +0.1%
*Nov Flash Reading
**3Q Preliminary Reading
***End-November Reading
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.)
Write to Tim Merle at dataweekahead@wsj.com
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