Garbage In, Garbage Out

Just when you think you've seen it all, the BLSBS surprises to the downside and then brings with it some massive downward revisions to September and August. But of course, none of that can keep the POSX down so now, an hour later, both Comex PMs are struggling to hold on to their gains.

Let's start with the BLSBS because it was a doozy. Here are the headline numbers. Just 12,000 new "jobs" but, if you took away government hiring, private payrolls were so bad that the headline number would have been negative!...

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Key Economic Events Week of 12/2

12/2 9:45 ET S&P Manu PMI
12/2 10:00 ET ISM Manu PMI
12/2 10:00 ET Construction Spending
12/3 10:00 ET JOLTS
12/4 8:15 ET ADP jobs report
12/4 9:45 ET S&P Services PMI
12/4 10:00 ET ISM Services PMI
12/4 10:00 ET Factory Orders
12/4 2:00 ET Beige Book
12/5 8:30 ET Jobless Claims
12/6 8:30 ET BLSBS
12/6 10:00 ET Dec Prelim UMich
12/6 10:30 ET Goon Ghoulsbee

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