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White House's Romer: jobs will lag growth
London :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago
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A jump in U.S. unemployment to 10.2 percent last month reflects the typical lag shown by the labor market as growth picks up, a top economic adviser to President Barack Obama said on Friday. "Today's employment report contained both signs of hope for...
Tags: unemployment rate, jobless rate, U.S, Christina Romer
US jobless rate hits 10%
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility The US unemployment rate has broken through 10% for the first time since the early 1980s in a fresh sign of financial misery at grassroots level in the world's biggest economy . Monthly figures from the US department of labour revealed that employers...
Tags: jobless rate, unemployment rate, Labor Department, rate hitting
Jobless Rate Hits 10.2% in October, a 26-Year High
Tōkyō :: Japan | 2 days ago
Credibility While the pace of the job losses has slowed significantly since the peak of the recession last winter, the unemployment rate, which measures the number of people actively seeking work, continues to climb, and economists do not foresee relief until well...
Tags: unemployment rate, job market, jobless rate
U.S. unemployment rate hits 10.2 percent
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility The U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly jumped to 10.2 percent in October, breaching the politically sensitive double-digit barrier for the first time in 26-1/2 years, even though the pace of job losses slowed. A Labor Department report showed on Friday...
Tags: Barack Obama, joblessness rate, unemployment rate, Obama Needs, U.S, rate hit
Stocks zigzag on implications of jobs report
London :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago
Credibility When the dollar is weaker, U.S. goods are cheaper for buyers overseas. Companies that do business overseas also get a profit boost when their earnings are translated back into dollars...Oil prices plunged and gold topped $1,100 an ounce for the first...
Tags: Federal Reserve, unemployment rate, job reports, The Labor Department, stock futures, Treasurys, U.S, job losses, gold price
What to Watch for in the Employment Report
New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Two numbers will grab headlines when the employment report is issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics at 8:30 a.m. Friday: the unemployment rate and the change in the number of payroll jobs. While the consensus of economists polled by Thomson Reuters...
Bulgaria Health Ministry Declares National Swine Flu Epidemic
Sofia :: Bulgaria | 2 days ago
Credibility Bulgaria's Health Ministry announced Friday afternoon the declaration of a state of national swine flu epidemic over the rising number of patients with A(H1N1). The Health Ministry made the decision based on the grounds that the number of people with...
Tags: flu, h1n1, virus, swine flu, flu epidemics, Ukraine, Sofia Health Inspectorate, flu deaths, unemployment rate, rate rose
Rate rise higher than expected
Wellington :: New Zealand | 3 days ago
Credibility Teenagers are bearing the brunt of the jobs recession, with one in four out of work and a huge leap in competition among university students for work. Unemployment has jumped from 6 per cent to 6.5 per cent in the September quarter, worse than expected...
Tags: unemployment rate
Dutch jobless total lowest in Europe
Brussels :: Belgium | 9 days ago
Credibility The unemployment rate in the 27-country union as a whole was 9.2% in September, up 0.1 percentage point on the August total and the highest figure in 10 years. The employment rate among the under-25s is also lowest in the Netherlands, at 6.8%.
Tags: European Commission, European Union, unemployment rate, consecutive month, eu statistics, euro zone, statistics agency, fifth consecutive, jobless rate, consumers prices
Merkel says German-French ties closer
Berlin :: Germany | 10 days ago
Credibility Germany and France are working on closer ties on issues such as education, research and the global economy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. Hours after being sworn in for a second term as chancellor, Merkel was welcomed by French President Nicolas...
Tags: Angela Merkel, Germany, Ms Merkel, Nicolas Sarkozy, unemployment rate, Paris Photo, retail sales, office showed, president nicolas
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