Because so much of the recent market volatility has been tied to announcements of employment numbers, consumer credit, and other such economic data, here's a look at the schedule for some of the economic data to be released the week of November 3, 2008.
- ISM manufacturing survey (Oct. 2008): Monday, 10:00 AM
- Construction spending (Sept. 2008): Monday, 10:00 AM
- Ford Motor Co. sales (Oct. 2008): Monday, 1:00 PM
- New motor vehicle sales (Oct. 2008): Monday, 4:00 PM
- Factory orders (Sept. 2008): Tuesday, 10:00 AM
- Challenger job cut announcement (Oct. 2008): Wednesday, 7:30 AM
- ISM nonmanufacturing survey (Oct. 2008): Wednesday, 10:00 AM
- Monster employment index (Oct. 2008): Thursday, 6:00 AM
- Preliminary productivity and costs (Q3): Thursday, 8:30 AM
- Public debt (Oct. 2008): Thursday, 3:00 PM
- Employment situation (Oct. 2008): Friday, 8:30 AM
- Wholesale trade (Sept. 2008): Friday, 10:00 AM
- Pending home sales (Sept. 2008): Friday, 10:00 AM
- Consumer credit outstanding (Sept. 2008): Friday, 3:00 PM
For a look at expectations for this coming week's earnings releases, see The week in preview: Expectations remain high for energy and oil.
Why do we have a weak dollar?
Holiday hiring slow for retailers
Closing Bell: What sell-off? (AIG, ABK, EPR, MBI, JAVA, ORCL, ERTS)
