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ECONOMY Fri Oct 17, 2008 @ 3:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- SACRAMENTO (AP) -- California's jobless rate held steady at 7.7 percent in September, remaining for a second month at its highest level since March 1996, according to the latest state figures released Friday. The state's unemployment rate, compiled by th.. Read More

ECONOMY Tue Sep 16, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve held U.S. interest rates steady on Tuesday and showed little inclination to lower them soon, spurning calls for cuts from financial markets roiled by the bankruptcy of investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings In.. Read More

ECONOMY Sun Sep 14, 2008 @ 3:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tighten your seat belt. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues are doing just that as they prepare to ride out economic and financial storms by holding their most important interest rate steady this week and probably t.. Read More

ECONOMY Sun Sep 14, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to leave benchmark lending rates unchanged at its policy meeting on Tuesday and will probably signal that borrowing costs will stay steady for several months. Since the Fed's last rate-setting mee.. Read More

ECONOMY Tue Aug 26, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of people without health insurance fell by more than 1 million in 2007, the first annual decline since the Bush administration took office, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. Incomes edged up for the middle class while pover.. Read More

ECONOMY Wed Jul 16, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan's unemployment rate didn't change in June from the prior month, holding steady at 8.5 percent. Wednesday's announcement was the latest in a string of relatively sour monthly economic reports for the state, which has had th.. Read More

ECONOMY Thu Jul 3, 2008 @ 9:00am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. stocks headed for a higher open Thursday after the government reported that the nation's unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 percent last month, as expected. The Labor Department said employers cut 62,000 jobs in June. Economists p.. Read More

ECONOMY Fri Jun 27, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- The Federal Reserve decided to hold steady on short-term interest rates. We're no longer in a falling-rate environment. Here are some top tips on what you need to do now. 1. Get the real story It's really the end of an era. The Fed has been cutting rate.. Read More

ECONOMY Tue Jun 24, 2008 @ 12:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Borrowing costs are likely to hold steady as the Federal Reserve tries to avoid both stirring inflation and stifling a fragile economy. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues open a two-day meeting Tuesday afternoon, where they w.. Read More

ECONOMY Sun Jun 22, 2008 @ 3:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady at a meeting this week and suggest it is in no rush to raise them, even as it acknowledges some troubling signs on the inflation front. Surging oil prices and ling.. Read More

ECONOMY Thu May 8, 2008 @ 3:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The European Central Bank and the Bank of England both held their official interest rates steady on Thursday as rising inflation outweighed concerns about slowing economic growth across the European Union. But the two banks are exp.. Read More

ECONOMY Mon Jan 7, 2008 @ 9:01am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- The jobless rate in the nations that use the euro currency held steady at a record low of 7.2 percent in November, government figures showed Monday, as more recent indicators warned of a slowing economy. Business and consumer co.. Read More

ECONOMY Thu Jan 3, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- BERLIN (AP) -- Germany's unadjusted jobless rate held steady at 8.1 percent in December, but seasonally adjusted figures fell more than expected -- underlining the impact on the labor market of the upturn in Europe's biggest economy. The Federal Labor Ag.. Read More

ECONOMY Fri Dec 7, 2007 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The dollar fell against the euro and the pound Friday despite a report from Washington showing brisk wage growth and unemployment holding steady. The 13-nation euro currency bought $1.4656 in afternoon European trading, up from.. Read More

ECONOMY Thu Oct 25, 2007 @ 9:00am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealand's central bank held its official cash rate steady at 8.25 percent Thursday, saying while core inflationary pressures persist there are signs the housing market is cooling. Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard sai.. Read More

ECONOMY Thu Oct 11, 2007 @ 9:00am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- TOKYO (AP) -- The Bank of Japan kept its benchmark interest rate steady after a two-day policy meeting ended Thursday amid lingering concerns U.S. credit worries may hurt economic growth here. Gov. Toshihiko Fukui indicated that he was in no hurry for a.. Read More

ECONOMY Wed Oct 10, 2007 @ 9:00am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- TOKYO (AP) -- The Bank of Japan was expected to keep interest rates steady after a two-day policy meeting that began Wednesday amid lingering concerns about slower growth in the U.S. economy, a key export market for Japan. Analysts say Gov. Toshihiko Fuk.. Read More

ECONOMY Thu Oct 4, 2007 @ 9:01am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- The European Central Bank held its benchmark interest rate steady at 4 percent on Thursday, but its leader signaled that the bank was still worried about inflation and has not ruled out future rate increases. ECB President Jean-Cl.. Read More

ECONOMY Fri Aug 31, 2007 @ 9:20am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- Inflation in the 13 countries that use the euro currency should remain a steady 1.8 percent in August, the European Union's statistical agency said in a first estimate Friday, a week before the European Central Bank decides wheth.. Read More