U.S. Trade Deficit Seen Widening -- Data Week Ahead Update

The following are median forecasts for this week's remaining U.S. data from a survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal.

 
DATE      TIME  RELEASE                      PERIOD     CONSENSUS    PREVIOUS 
          (ET) 
Tuesday   0830  U.S. Trade Deficit             Oct      $80.0B  (21)  $73.28B 
Wednesday 0830  Productivity (Revised)         3Q       +0.7%   (16)  +0.3%* 
          0830  Unit Labor Costs (Revised)     3Q       +3.1%   (16)  +3.5%* 
          1500  Consumer Credit                Oct     +$25.5B  (11) +$25B 
Thursday  0830  Jobless Claims                 Dec 3     230K   (19)   225K 
Friday    0830  Producer Price Index           Nov      +0.2%   (21)  +0.2% 
                  -- ex food & energy          Nov      +0.2%   (19)  +0.0% 
                  -- ex food, energy, trade    Nov      +0.1%   (4)   +0.2% 
          1000  Consumer Sentiment             Dec       56.5   (21)   56.8** 
                  (Prelim) 
          1000  Wholesale Inventories          Oct      +0.8%   (9)   +0.6% 
 
*3Q Prelim Reading 
**End-Nov Reading 
 
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.) 
 

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