Unemployment Rate Seen Ticking Up -- Data Week Ahead

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) 
Friday    0830  Nonfarm Payrolls            Dec      +50K    (15)  +245K 
          0830  Unemployment Rate           Dec       6.8%   (15)   6.7% 
          0830  Avg. Hourly Wages M/M*      Dec      +0.2%   (15)  +0.31% 
          0830  Avg. Hourly Wages Y/Y*      Dec      +4.5%   (8)   +4.38% 
          1000  Wholesale Inventories       Nov      -0.1%   (8)   +1.1% 
          1500  Consumer Credit             Nov     +$9.0B   (7)  +$7.2B 
 
*all private-sector workers 
 
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.) 
 

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