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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina's unemployment rate has shot to its highest level in nearly three years, a jump forecasters blamed on manufacturing losses and a new federal assistance program.
South Carolina's jobless rate in July rose to 7 percent..
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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Chile's central bank is raising its benchmark interest rate 50 basis points to its highest level in nearly 10 years to fight rising inflation.
The bank is boosting its lending rate to 7.75 percent, warning Thursday that additional..
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits rose 7,000 last week to the highest level in more than 6 years, government data on Thursday showed, but special factors distorted the data again.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of newly laid off people signing up for jobless benefits last week climbed to its highest point in more than six years as companies cut back given the faltering economy.
The Labor Department reported Thursday that new applic..
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in Monday's auction with rates on three-month bills rising to the highest level in a month.
The Treasury Department auctioned $25 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 1.710..
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. unemployment rate hit its highest in four years during July as employers cut jobs for a seventh straight month, though less severely than predicted, a Labor Department report showed on Friday.
The rising toll of job losse..
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mortgage rates shot up this week with 30-year mortgages climbing to the highest level in nearly a year, reflecting concerns in financial markets about the troubles at corporate giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Freddie Mac reported Th..
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. factory output expanded in June for the first time in five months, but inflation pressures soared to their highest since the stagflation-ravaged 1970s, according to a report that highlighted the bind facing policy-makers.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in Monday's auction with rates on six-month bills climbing to the highest level since late February.
The Treasury Department auctioned $24 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate..
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. unemployment rate jumped by the most in 22 years in May, reaching its highest level in more than 3-1/2 years and underscoring the recessionary risk the economy still faces.
The jobless rate rose to 5.5 percent last month..
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rates on 30-year mortgages edged up this week to the highest level since March as investors worried about inflation threats.
The mortgage company Freddie Mac reported Thursday that 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.09 percent, co..
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rates on 30-year mortgages jumped this week to the highest level since mid-March as investors began to worry about what the Federal Reserve will do to combat growing inflation pressures.
Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reported Thur..
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Preliminary bids on a 75-year Pennsylvania Turnpike lease came in so close to each other that at least some of the bidders have been given five more days to sweeten the pot.
Gov. Ed Rendell said Monday that the highest bid submitt..
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Thursday after a report showed jobless claims rose last week to their highest in 2 1/2 years, a sign of job market weakness that overshadowed a smaller-than-expected contraction in the vast services sector.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers applying for unemployment benefits soared by 38,000 last week, posting the highest reading since September 2005 and reinforcing fears that the U.S. economy has stalled, government data on Thursday showed...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of new people signing up for unemployment benefits last week shot up to the highest level in more than two years, fresh evidence of the damage to a national economy clobbered by housing, credit and financial crises.
The Labo..
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits fell by 9,000 last week, the government said on Thursday, though a more reliable gauge of layoff trends rose to its highest in more than two years.
Initial claims f..
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in Monday's auction to the highest levels since earlier this month.
The Treasury Department auctioned $24 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 1.200 percent, up from 1.100..
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of newly laid off workers filing for unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level in nearly two months, providing more evidence that the weak economy is having an adverse impact on the labor market.
The Labor De..
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New applications for U.S. jobless benefits tumbled by 24,000 last week to a much lower-than-expected 351,000, but the number remaining on jobless aid stood at the highest level in nearly two and a half years, a Labor Department rep..
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