HALISTER1: U.S. ECO PREVIEW: Claims, Inventories, Trade Due in 5 Minutes

U.S. ECO PREVIEW: Claims, Inventories, Trade Due in 5 Minutes

(Bloomberg) -- Initial jobless claims seen at 247k in wk ended Jan. 21 vs 234k prior wk (forecast range 235k to 270k); tallies number of people making first-time claims for unemployment benefits.
  • Anticipated increase “far from anything that would suggest a reversal in current conditions": Bloomberg Intelligence
  • Wholesale inventories seen rising 0.1% in preliminary Dec. est. after increasing 1% in Nov. (forecast range -0.5% to +0.8%); wholesale inventories account for ~30% of total business inventories
  • Advance merchandise trade balance seen at -$65.3b in Dec. vs revised -$65.3b in Nov. (forecast range -$61.8b to -$67.5b); data on trade in goods and services due Feb. 7
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