Market Mover Wednesday: Weekly jobless claims, personal income/spending and durable goods…

Update: Weekly claims dropped to 466,000, continued claims 5.423 million

Oct personal income up 0.2%, personal spending up 0.7%

Durable Goods down 0.6%

Gold just hit another record $1181 an oz

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Another heavy day for data with light volume expected…

CNBC:

…Weekly jobless claims are expected at 8:30 a.m., along with October durable goods, personal income, and consumer spending. Consumer sentiment is released at 9:55 a.m. and new home sales are released at 10 a.m. Jobless claims could be below 500,000 for the first time in months.

Stocks finished slightly lower Tuesday, after shaking off a triple digit Dow loss. The Dow was down 17 at 10,433, and the S&P 500 was down less than a point at 1106. The worst performers were the financials…

November 25, 2009. Tags: Consumer Sentiment, Consumer Spending, Economy, New Home Sales, October durable goods, Personal Income, Unemployment, Weekly jobless claims. Economy, Finance, Housing, Labor Department, Unemployment Statistics, Wall St. Comments off.