November Payrolls Growth Expected to Slow -- Data Week Ahead
December 02 2020 - 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 Monday afternoon.
DATE TIME RELEASE PERIOD CONSENSUS PREVIOUS
(ET)
Thursday 0830 Jobless Claims Nov 28 780K (14) 778K
0945 Markit Services PMI Nov 57.5 (3) 57.7*
1000 ISM Non-Mfg PMI Nov 55.9 (20) 56.6
Friday 0830 Nonfarm Payrolls Nov +440K (19) +638K
0830 Unemployment Rate Nov 6.7% (19) 6.9%
0830 Avg. Hourly Wages M/M** Nov +0.1% (15) +0.14%
0830 Avg. Hourly Wages Y/Y** Nov +4.2% (9) +4.46%
0830 U.S. Trade Deficit Oct $64.8B (18) $63.86B
1000 Factory Orders Oct +0.8% (16) +1.1%
*Nov Flash Reading
**All private-sector workers
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.)
Write to Tim Merle at dataweekahead@wsj.com
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