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MNI US Morning Briefing

     LONDON (MNI) - It is a busy day across the Atlantic, the first release of
the day comes at 1230GMT in the form of US Challenger Monthly Layoff Intentions.
     At 1330GMT US Weekly Jobless Claims are scheduled. The level of initial
jobless claims is expected to rise by 2,000 to 240,000 in the December 2
post-holiday week after a decrease of 2,000 in the previous week.
     The four-week moving average would rise by only 250 in the coming week as
the 239,000 level in the November 4 week drops out of the calculation, assuming
the MNI forecast is correct and there are no revisions.
     Also at 1330GMT are Canadian Building Permits data and New York Federal
Reserve Bank President William Dudley is to give welcome and introductory
remarks at the Higher Education Financing and Costs and Returns of Higher
Education in New York.
     The Bloomberg US Comfort Index will be released at 1445GMT.
     At 1500GMT Canadian Ivey PMI data will hit the wires, swiftly followed by
US Natural Gas Stocks at 1530GMT.
     ECB President Mario Draghi will participate in his capacity as Chair of the
Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS) in a press conference by the
Bank for International Settlements, hosted at the European Central Bank, in
Frankfurt at 1600GMT.
     At 1635GMT New York Federal Reserve Vice President Kevin Stiroh will give
keynote remarks at Culture, Behaviors, and Ethics in the Financial Services
Industry in New York.
     US Fed Domestic Non-Financial Debt will be published at 1700GMT.
     At 2000GMT US Consumer Credit Data is scheduled along with final US
Treasury Allotments. Consumer credit is expected to rise by $17.0 billion in
October after a $20.8 billion jump in September. Retail sales rose 0.2% and were
still up 0.1% excluding a 0.7% increase in motor vehicle sales.
     Rounding off the day at 2130GMT is the US Fed Weekly Money Supply data.
--MNI London Bureau; +44 203 865 3809; email: kieran.williams@marketnews.com

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