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