US weekly jobless claims due at 8:30 am ET are in focus, given the market obsession with the job market. The Econoday consensus looks for claims at 225K, up from a surprisingly low 216K a week ago. That would still suggest a rather resilient employment situation.

Challenger earlier reported US layoffs up 24 percent in November from a year ago but down 53 percent from a month earlier. Year to date layoffs are up at 1,170,821 versus 722,566 in the first 11 months of 2025.

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