MarketWatch.com announced that UBS chief U.S. economist Maury Harris has won the CBS MarketWatch Forecaster of the Month Award for November. Harris was the most accurate among 30 forecasters providing
predictions of 10 major U.S. economic indicators released in November from the Labor Department, The Commerce Department and other sources. Those indicators are: non-farm payroll employment; retail
sales; consumer price index; personal income; orders for durable goods; U.S. trade deficit; new home sales; housing starts; industrial production; in addition to The Institute for Supply Management
index of purchasing manager sentiment.
