Jamie will be out for the first half of the US session. Sources speculate he’s hunting turkey in the wilds of New England.
At the bottom of the hour, Canada’s laggy retail sales report for September is expected up 0.5% on the headline and 0.4% ex-autos.
At the same time, the second reading on US Q3 GDP is expected to show no revision from the 2.5%. I seem to remember some downward surprises on inventories so I would put a downward bias on the number. But unless there is a large surprise, the market is more focused on Q4 and Q12012 than this one.
