Calculated Risk: Thursday: Trade Deficit, Unemployment Claims

by Calculated Risk on 12/10/2025 07:26:00 PM

Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.

Thursday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released.  There were 191,000 initial claims last week.

• Also at 8:30 AM, Trade Balance report for September from the Census Bureau. The consensus is the trade deficit to be $65.5 billion.  The U.S. trade deficit was at $59.6 billion in August.

• At 10:00 AM, the Q3 2025 Housing Vacancies and Homeownership from the Census Bureau.

• Also at 10:00 AM, State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) for September 2025