Unemployment Rate Seen Ticking Down -- 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      +422K   (22)  +210K 
          0830  Unemployment Rate           Dec       4.1%   (21)   4.2% 
          0830  Avg. Hourly Wages M/M*      Dec      +0.4%   (19)  +0.26% 
          0830  Avg. Hourly Wages Y/Y*      Dec      +4.2%   (10)  +4.8% 
          1500  Consumer Credit             Nov     +$19.5B  (8)  +$16.9B 
 
*All private-sector workers 
 
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.) 
 

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