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| | | ... Gale in the Wizard of Oz). The sun shone, the sky blued and everything became beautiful when reports that the US unemployment rate dropped to 10.0 per cent in November - not the 'it would remain at 10.2 per cent or higher' expected by consensus. The ... |
| | | | ... than the 130,000 losses Wall Street economists expected and an improvement from 111,000 jobs cuts in October. The unemployment rate fell to 10 per cent from a 26-year high of 10.2 per cent in October. Economists had expected the rate to remain unchanged. ... |
| | | | ... still has a lot of questions." Mr Bishop said many investors would be looking to see the US government's November unemployment report, which is published overnight on Friday. The major miners led declines. BHP Billiton fell 72 cents, or 1.7 per cent ... |
| | | | ... signals contraction. The market rose at the start of trading following a Labor Department report that new claims for unemployment benefits fell unexpectedly for the fifth straight week and Bank of America Corp's announcement late on Wednesday that it ... |
| | | | ... 0.5 per cent gain and more than reversing the 0.6 per cent fall in the previous month. Two-fecta. New claims for unemployment insurance declined by 35,000 in the week ended 20 November to 466,000 - the smallest number of claims since September 2008 and ... |
| | | | ... lifted 32.8 points, or 0.7 per cent, to 4,741 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street shares rose following a drop in weekly unemployment claims to the lowest level of the year and a rise in new home sales. Trading volume was thin ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday ... |
| | | | ... would not extend its 12-month loans to banks when it expires in December. This, at a time when domestic demand and unemployment remains weak and the appreciating euro is eroding the region's competitiveness in world markets. U - is for the US economy's ... |
| | | | "Significant challenges remain. The flow of credit remains constrained, economic activity weak and unemployment much too high. Future setbacks are possible." With these words Virginia, Benny Bernanke again set the market for risk assets alight. Equities ... |
| | | | ... The poor report on energy usage overshadowed better-than-expected labour force figures, which showed new claims for unemployment benefits fell to a seasonally adjusted 502,000 in the week ending November 7. They were the fewest claims since January 3. ... |
| | | | ... took a few seconds to load. And then all was revealed! The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that Australia's unemployment rate rose to 5.8 per cent in October from 5.7 per cent in the previous month. Is this it? 5.8 per cent? I've seen worse ... |
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