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Shoppers reach for television sets as they compete to purchase retail items on Black Friday at a store in Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 24, 2016.Nacho Doce/Reuters
The Commerce Department's preliminary reading for durable goods orders in November is expected to show a drop of 4.8% from October, according to the Bloomberg consensus.
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Excluding transportation equipment, that reading is expected to show a gain of 0.2%.
Additionally, capital goods orders for nondefense items excluding aircraft - an important gauge of business spending - is expected to have increased by 0.4%.
