In the US, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Chairman, is about to speak in Orlando

In the US, Unemployment Claims, The number of individuals who filed for unemployment insurance over the last week, is due to rise up from 367K to 390K.

In the US, Crude Oil Inventories, the number of crude oil barrels in inventory over the last week, is about to remain 4.2M similar to the last week’s report.

In the US, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Chairman, is due to testify in Washington DC.

In Canada, Ivey Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), Monthly Survey to rate the business conditions including employment, production, new orders, prices, supplier deliveries, and inventories reduce to 58.6 from 63.5 on the last month and indicates industry expansion.

In the US, Unemployment Rate, measures total work unemployed force (by percentage) that looking for jobs during the last month.

In the US, Unemployment Claims, monthly indicator to value the unemployment insurance that was filed on the last week, is predicted to drop down from 377K to 373K this week.

In the US, The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI); Monthly Managers Survey to value the business conditions such as new orders, deliveries and inventories, rise is expected from 53.9 points on December up to 54.6 points now. And on the ISM Manufacturing Prices similar rise is forecasted from 47.5 points to 49.5 points.

In the US, CB Consumer Confidence increased more than predicted to 64.5 in December from 55.2 in November indicating an elevated confidence among households. A further improvement to 68.2 is expected now.

In the US, Personal Spending, monthly value of all consumer’s inflation-adjusted, is about to rise by 0.1% up to 0.2%. And similar rise is predicted in the Personal Income of 0.3% up to 0.4%.