Unemployment Rate Expected to Hold at 3.7% -- Data Week Ahead
December 06 2018 - 10:29AM
Dow Jones News
The following are forecasts for this week's remaining U.S. data
from a survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal.
Forecasts were last updated on Monday afternoon.
DATE TIME RELEASE PERIOD CONSENSUS PREVIOUS
(ET)
Friday 0830 Nonfarm Payrolls Nov +198K (23) +250K
0830 Unemployment Rate Nov 3.7% (21) 3.7%
0830 Avg. Hourly Wages* Nov +0.3% (20) +0.18%
1000 Consumer Sentiment Dec 97.0 (17) 97.5**
(Prelim)
1000 Wholesale Inventories Oct +0.7% (11) +0.4%
1500 Consumer Credit Oct +$15.0B (9) +$10.92B
*All private-sector workers
**End-Nov Reading
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.)
Write to Kristin Blakeslee at dataweekahead@wsj.com
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December 06, 2018 10:14 ET (15:14 GMT)
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