November’s jobs reading is the main course on next week’s economic menu but there will be plenty of data to digest before Friday. Auto production and an Institute for Supply Management survey will give readings of the manufacturing sector’s health, while the Beige Book will set the tone for Federal Reserve policy makers’ next meeting. Here are five things to watch: 1GLOBAL GAUGE The Institute for Supply Management will release its manufacturing purchasing managers’ survey on Monday. (Followed by the nonmanufacturing measure on Wednesday.) Within the factory report, economists have begun to pay attention to the spread ... (full story)