Economic agenda: Friday, Dec. 3, 2010
At 8:30 a.m. -- The Labor Department is scheduled to release data on U.S. unemployment in November.
At 9 a.m. -- The national commission investigating the BP oil spill meets to discuss the causes of the disaster and to consider ways to prevent future offshore-drilling accidents.
At 9:30 a.m. -- The presidentially appointed National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform meets to vote on its plan to reduce federal government deficits.
At 10 a.m. -- The Institute for Supply Management issues its index of activity in the service sector.
At 10 a.m. -- The Commerce Department issues data on factory orders for October.
At 10 a.m. -- The Securities and Exchange Commission meets to unveil derivatives market rules developed jointly with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
At 10:45 a.m. -- Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila C. Bair addresses a meeting of the Consumer Federation of America.
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Mike Shepard
| December 3, 2010; 6:30 AM ET
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