November's jobs report is the big event for markets in the week ahead, and it could provide important insight into the path of Federal Reserve interest rate hikes. Stocks were higher in the shortened holiday week, with the S & P 500 up as Treasury yields slid and the dollar weakened. The post-Thanksgiving week will be a relatively busy one, crammed with economic data on employment, inflation, manufacturing and spending. There is also a flurry of Fed speakers, including Fed Chairman Jerome Powell , with a timely speech Wednesday at the Brookings Institution on labor and the economy. "It's all...