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Overnight Market News – June 4, 2010

04-Jun-10

US Non-Farm Payroll Report to Be Released at 12:30 GMT is Expected to Show Increase of 513k Jobs in May, Lowering the Unemployment Rate to 9.8% UK House Prices Unexpectedly Decline in May, as the Average Cost of a Home Falls 0.4% to GBP 167,570 (USD 245,875) Canada Adds 24,700 Jobs in May for the [...]

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U.S. Unemployment Climbs In June

03-Jul-09

The U.S. market received another rude awakening yesterday, with reports that unemployment in the United States continued to climb in June, hitting a 26-year high of 9.5% (up from 9.4% in May). 467,000 jobs were lost, far worse than the forecasted 365,000 decline, marking the first time in four months that the number of jobs [...]

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U.S. Consumer Sentiment Index Soars

29-May-09

Figures reflecting U.S. Consumer Sentiment for the month of May stunned economists as they soared past forecasts. In an announcement yesterday, the Conference Board said that its sentiment index climbed to 54.9 from a revised 40.8 last month – a 34.56% increase and the biggest since April 2003. Though economists were expecting the index to [...]

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Financial News Summary – May 8, 2009

08-May-09

- Toyata Motor Corp Sees Wider-Than-Expected Quarterly Loss – US Jobs Down Less than Estimated Signaling Economic Downturn – US Banks Raise Capital After Stress Test Results

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