Friday:

• At 8:30 AM ET, the Producer Price Index for October from the BLS. The consensus is for a 0.2% increase in prices, and a 0.1% increase in core PPI.

• Also at 8:30 AM, Retail sales for October will be released. On a monthly basis, retail sales were up 0.1% from August to September (seasonally adjusted), and sales were up 2.4% from September 2014. The consensus is for retail sales to increase 0.3% in October, and to increase 0.4% ex-autos.

• At 10:00 AM, Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales (business inventories) report for September. The consensus is for no change in inventories.

• Also at 10:00 AM, University of Michigan's Consumer sentiment index (preliminary for November). The consensus is for a reading of 92.0, up from 90.0 in October.