Health of several key sectors, including the U.S. consumer, plus an outlook from Fed’s Powell on radar this coming week

Recession fears are rising. Nothing beats fear better than good information and that’s what we will get this week. Investors and economists will get good insight into the mood of U.S. consumers and hear the last words of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell ahead of the central bank’s next interest-rate meeting on Dec. 12-13.

November consumer confidence

Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. Eastern

Economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal expect that consumer’s view on the outlook have soured over the past few weeks. Geopolitical…