US Data Dump, China Lockdown, Putin Rant – What’s Moving Markets By Investing.com – Investing.com

US Data Dump, China Lockdown, Putin Rant – What’s Moving Markets By Investing.com – Investing.com

By Geoffrey Smith 

Investing.com -- There's one last big dump of U.S. economic data before the holiday, with jobless claims, personal income and spending and more consumer price data for November all due. Vladimir Putin goes on an extended rant about NATO, but conspicuously omits to repeat his threat of military action against Ukraine. Fresh studies add to evidence that Omicron could be the beginning of the end of the pandemic. And Elon Musk says he's nearly finished offloading Tesla (NASDAQ:) stock. Here's what you need to know in financial markets on Thursday, 23rd December.

1. Jobless claims, PCE prices and personal spending