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CNBC’s Shartia Brantley reports that investors will get a read on the consumer with earnings reports. The White House will host a jobs summit on Thursday just ahead of Friday’s November unemployment numbers and then investors will await the November jobs report. The last jobs report showed a 10.2% increase in unemployment, as unemployment among African Americans rose to 15.7%. How is the economy faring? We’ll find out with the fed’s beige book, which provides anecdotal information on credit, consumer spending and manufacturing.

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