Economic Reports and Earnings Events for Dec. 1-5, 2008

Economic Reports and Events This Week

Monday, December 1, 2008
10:00a.m. Oct Construction Spending: Previous: -0.3%.
10:00a.m. Nov Mfg Index: Previous: 38.9.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008
12:00a.m. Auto and Truck Sales for Nov.
7:45a.m. ICSC Chain Store Sales Index For Nov 29: Previous: -0.9%.
8:55a.m. Redbook Retail Sales Index For Nov 29: Previous: -1.3%.
5:00p.m. ABC/Wash Post Consumer Conf For Nov 29: Previous: -52.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008
8:15a.m. ADP Employment for Nov.
8:30a.m. 3Q Productivity & Labor Costs, revised: Previous: +4.3%.
10:00a.m. Nov ISM Non-Mfg Index: Previous: 44.4.
12:00p.m. MBA Mortgage Application Survey for Nov 28: Previous: -2.1%.
2:00p.m. Federal Reserve Beige Book
3:35p.m. API Oil Industry Report for Nov 28
3:35p.m. US Energy Dept Oil Inventories for Nov 28

Thursday, December 4, 2008
8:30a.m. Initial Jobless Claims For Nov 29 Week: Previous: -14K.
10:00a.m. Factory Orders for Oct.
10:00a.m. DJ-BTMU Business Barometer For Oct 20: Previous: -0.6%.

Friday, December 5, 2008
8:30a.m. Nov Nonfarm Payrolls: Previous: -240K.
8:30a.m. Nov Average Workweek and Hourly Earnings
8:30a.m. Nov Unemployment Rate: Previous: 6.5%.
3:00p.m. Oct Consumer Credit: Previous: +$6.9B.


Key Earnings Announcements This Week:

Monday, December 1, 2008
Before: BE (?), NRGY
During: -
After: LTON, SNDA

Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Before: CMRT, BECN, BZH, LDR, SHLD, SOLF, SPLS
During: -
After: CPRT (?), MRCL, OVTI, SIGM

Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Before: DLM, POWL (?), SYNO
During: THO (?)
After: ARAY (?), ARO, CWST, CASY, PSS, CMTL (?), DMND, DDMX, GIL (?), ISLE (?), JAS, SNPS

Thursday, December 4, 2008
Before: STST, BRLI (?), BF.B (?), CMN (?), CUB (?), FLOW (?), GRB (?), JTX, KFY (?), LAYN, MOV (?), SAFM, SIRO, SFD, TOL, UTIW, WSM
During: -
After: CHP (?), CAE, GMTN (?), GIII (?), GES (?), HRLY (?), IPSU (?), LQDT, LAVA, NOVL, NX (?), SWHC (?), WIND

Friday, December 5, 2008
Before: BIG, BTH
During: -
After: -

Note: All economic numbers and earnings reports are in line with those compiled by Briefing.com. Occasionally changes will occur that are made after the posting of this column and some companies have not confirmed their time, so always double check when taking positions overnight during earnings season! (?) = Not yet confirmed at the time the list was compiled.