Nathan Hager

Bloomberg's Michael McKee has the latest weekly jobless claims.

Bloomberg's Mike McKee reports the U.S.

trade deficit shrank the most since 2009.

In October, $29.4 billion.

Economists surveyed by Bloomberg were looking for 58.7.

Labor productivity jumped to 4.9 percent in the third quarter for its strongest pace in two years.

adding to signs efficiency is keeping wages from driving up inflation.

Right now, the markets are pricing in about two rate cuts from the Federal Reserve this year.

Fed Governor Stephen Myron says he'd go way further than that.

Fed Governor Stephen Myron tells Bloomberg surveillance the economy could add about a million jobs without adding to price pressures.

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