Monday, black Friday was a bust for in person shopping. Online shopping was up but it's too early to know if it will make up for the personal shopping drop. What does this mean for brick and mortar retailers?? Quote from the article: "Roughly half as many people visited stores on Black Friday as they did last year, according to research firms that track foot traffic. Meanwhile, online spending jumped 22% from a year ago, making it the second-best online shopping day ever measured by Adobe Analytics."
New home sales dropped month over month but still up year over year,
New jobless claims rose for the second week in row. Two weeks doesn't make a trend but it's worth watching.