Coming up: U.S. jobs report for November
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The U.S. likely added 80,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate held steady at 7.9%, according to economists surveyed by MarketWatch. The government will issue the monthly report on employment at 8:30 a.m. Eastern. The damage caused by Hurricane Sandy likely depressed the hiring numbers last month and may have boosted the jobless rate, economists say, but it may be impossible to tell exactly how much effect the storm had.