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[basserdan]

8:30a Hurricane Harvey boosts U.S. jobless claims to 298,000

8:30a Storm produces 62,000 increase in weekly jobless claims

8:30a Biggest jump in claims since hurricane Sandy in Nov. 2012

8:30a U.S. jobless claims at highest level since April 2015


8:30a U.S. second quarter productivity revised to 1.5% from 0.9%

8:30a Output raised to 4% from 3.4%; hours unchanged at 2.5%

8:30a Rise in 2nd quarter unit-labor costs cut to 0.2% from 0.6%


8:32a Gold prices add to gains after initial jobless-claims and productivity reports

8:32a December gold up 0.7% at $1,348.90/oz.

[basserdan]

9:45: Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index 52.6 vs prior 53.3

10:00: Quarterly Services Report https://www.census.gov/services/index.html


10:32a EIA reports weekly rise of 65 bln cubic feet in U.S. natural-gas supplies

10:32a October natural gas taps $3/mln Btus, little changed from $2.995 before supply data

10:39a Gold snaps back as U.S. dollar sees fresh weakness


11:04a U.S. crude-oil inventories up 4.6 million barrels last week: EIA

11:04a U.S. gasoline supplies down 3.2 million barrels: EIA

11:04a U.S. distillate stockpiles down 1.4 million barrels: EIA

11:04a Oct. WTI crude trades at $49.05/bbl on Nymex vs. $48.91 before supply data