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The unemployment rate fell to 7.7% for November, according to a Department of Labor report [link opens in PDF] released today. This follows October's 0.1-percentage-point rise to 7.9%. Despite a ...
By Christopher S. Rugaber WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy added 146,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent, the lowest since December 2008. The government said ...
Business and economy The United States Department of Labor says hiring picked up in October, with 171,000 jobs being added, though the unemployment rate rose 0.1% higher to 7.9%. (CNN) Disasters and accidents Lirak Bejko, the Albanian former political prisoner who set himself on fire in protest at delays in government compensation for communist-era dissidents, is dead. (BBC) The New York City ...
August 2009 Australian unemployment rate: 5.8% [29] September 2009 Australian unemployment rate: 5.7% [30] October 2009 Australian unemployment rate: 5.8% [31] The unemployment rate for October rose slightly due to population growth and other factors leading to 35,000 people looking for work, even though 24,500 jobs were created.
Monetary policy: The Federal Reserve conducts monetary policy, adjusting interest rates to move the economy towards a full employment target of around a 5% unemployment rate and 2% inflation rate. The Federal Reserve has maintained near-zero interest rates since the 2007–2009 recession, in efforts to boost employment.
The Labor Department announced today that the economy added 200,000 jobs in the final month of 2011, dropping the unemployment rate to 8.5% surpassing expectations. You'd figure that investors ...
November 27: Warren Buffett and Carol Loomis: Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything, 1966-2012. ISBN 978-1-59184-573-7. November 28: Neil Young: Waging Heavy Peace. March 11, 2024. ISBN 978-0-399-15946-6. November 29: Calvin Trillin: Dogfight: The 2012 Presidential Campaign in Verse. Random House of Canada, Limited ...
Investors are ready to close the curtains on the latest earnings season, ... 216,000 during prior month); Unemployment Rate, November (3.7% expected, 3.7% during prior month); Average Hourly ...