weekly Review 16-12-18

US

 ( 24,100.5) S&P500  -1.26%(2,599.95); NASDAQ  -0.84% (6,910.67); DJIA  -1.18 

  November’s CPI rose 2.2% y/y versus October’s +2.5% y/y

      CPI Ex Food & Energy rose 2.2% y/y versus October’s +2.1

  November’s Retail Sales rose 0.2% from October’s +1.1%. Retail Sales ex Autos rose 0.2% from October’s +1.0%

 December’s Markit Manufacturing PMI (prelim.) fell to 53.9 from November’s 55.3. Services PMI (prelim.) fell to 53.4 from November’s 54.7

 Composite PMI (prelim.) fell to 53.6 from November’s 54.7

 November’s Industrial Production rose 0.6% from October’s -0.2%. Capacity Utilization rose to 78.5% from October’s 78.1%   October’s Business Inventories rose 0.6% from September’s +0.5%

Initial Jobless Claims for the week ending December 7^th fell by 27K to 206K.

Continuing Jobless Claims for the week ending November 30^th rose by 25K to 1,661K

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