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This week’s reports:

  • Q3 2019 Non-Farm Productivity fell 0.2% from Q2’s -0.3%. Unit Labor Costs rose 2.5% from Q2’s +3.6%.
  •  November’s CPI rose 2.1% y/y versus October’s 1.8% y/y. CPI ex Food & Energy rose 2.3% y/y, the same as in October.
  •  November’s Retail Sales rose 0.2% from October’s +0.4%. Retail Sales ex Autos rose 0.1% from October’s +0.3%.
  •  October’s Business Inventories rose 0.2% from September’s -0.1%.      
  •  Initial Jobless Claims for the week ending December 6th rose by 49K to 252K. Continuing Jobless Claims for the week ending November 29th fell by 92K to 1.667M.