Jobs/Import Data:
8:30a U.S. import prices up 1.1% in September
8:30a U.S. Aug. trade gap with Germany record $5.7 bln
8:30a Aug. trade gap close to consensus of $44.0 bln
8:30a U.S. Aug. trade gap widens 4.1% to $ 44.2 bln
8:30a U.S. continuing claims down 15,000 to 3.27 mln
8:30a U.S. 4-week avg. claims down 11,500 to 364,000
8:30a U.S. jobless claims down 30,000 to 339,000