Valeo News

• Valeo Financial Advisors, LLC was named this year’s Outstanding Small Business at the IN Philanthropy Day AFP Indiana

Employment in the U.S.

• Unemployment rates by educational attainment BLS
• Employment and unemployment among all veterans, Gulf-War era II veterans, and nonveterans BLS

U.S. Economy

• Consumer sentiment has risen to the highest level since 2007 Reuters
• Gas prices at the pump have dropped below $3.00 a gallon across the U.S. for the first time since 2010 The New York Times
• Just in time for the holidays, U.S. retail sales rose to a seven-year high as American consumers increase their spending Reuters

Around the World

• The 18 nation Eurozone block grew by an annualized 0.6% during the third quarter The New York Times
• With the U.S. and China pledging to become more energy efficient in renewed efforts to lower pollution, the pressure may now be put on other nations to do the same The Washington Post