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Solid Jobs Results Put a Bow on December Rate Hike

FMI’s analyses of this morning’s November Employment and October International Trade reports.

Nov. Jobs Preview: Expect +210K Private Payroll Gain -- 'Go' Signal for FOMC

FMI’s Preview of the November Employment Report including their review of the latest Weekly UI Claims & Rail Traffic results.

Data Round-Up: Services OK But Well Off Recent Highs

FMI’s analysis of today’s November Non-Manufacturing Index, September International Trade report as well as notes on this morning’s October Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories & Orders report.

Data Round-Up: Vehicle Sales Stay in High Gear; Compensation Trend Improving

FMI’s review of November Vehicle Sales and today’s Revised 15Q3 Productivity & Labor Costs data.

Data Round-Up: PMI Shows Mfg Contraction, Still Points to +2% Real GDP in 15Q4

FMI’s analyses of this morning’s November PMI survey and October Construction report.

FMI December 2015 Economic and Investment Outlook

FMI's complete December 2015 Economic & Investment Outlook.

TOE Alert: Is Japan's Potential Growth Really As Low as 0.5%, Part 4

One way to boost labor productivity, and thus potential growth, is to give each worker more tools, and this Japan has done. Over the long haul, however, it is ever more important to give workers “smarter” tools, e.g. moving from animal-pulled plows to tractors, from the stand-alone PC to the Internet. And it is important for companies to use those smarter tools up to their full potential. On this front, as we will detail today, Japan falls short.

The U.S. Dollar and International Economic Conditions

FMI’s end-of-the-month summary for November U.S. dollar analysis.

A Graphic Presentation of FMI Key Economic Trends

FMI’s end-of-the-month summaries for November's graphic summary of economic trends.

Preview of Data Releases: Nov. 30-Dec. 4, 2015

FMI’s preview of the rest of the week’s notable data releases (including a Summary of major data in November and a Schedule of key releases in December).

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