by Calculated Risk on 11/12/2015 08:24:00 PM

Friday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, the Producer Price Index for October from the BLS. The consensus is for a 0.2% increase in prices, and a 0.1% increase in core PPI.

• Also at 8:30 AM, Retail sales for October will be released. On a monthly basis, retail sales were up 0.1% from August to September (seasonally adjusted), and sales were up 2.4% from September 2014. The consensus is for retail sales to increase 0.3% in October, and to increase 0.4% ex-autos.

• At 10:00 AM, Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales (business inventories) report for September. The consensus is for no change in inventories.

• Also at 10:00 AM, University of Michigan's Consumer sentiment index (preliminary for November). The consensus is for a reading of 92.0, up from 90.0 in October.

From Reuters: Oil slumps 4 percent, nears new six-year low as glut persists

Oil prices tumbled almost 4 percent on Thursday, accelerating a slump that threatens to test new six-and-a-half year lows, with traders unnerved by a persistent rise in U.S. stockpiles and a downbeat forecast for next year.
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The latest decline was triggered by data showing that U.S. stockpiles were still rising rapidly toward the record highs reached in April, despite slowing U.S. shale production.

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This graph shows WTI and Brent spot oil prices from the EIA. (Prices Friday added).  According to Bloomberg, WTI was at $41.66 per barrel today, and Brent at $44.06.

This is about still above the lows back in August ($38.22 for WTI, and $41.59 for Brent), and down almost 50% year-over-year.