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Labor Market, Housing Market, And The Economy Are Weak
added: 10-06-2008

As mid-year approaches, it appears that the labor market, housing market, and the economy in general are weak but not getting weaker. The big problem going forward is the lack of any signs that conditions may start to improve any time soon. The forward indicators of the economy suggest no quick turnaround. The forward indicators of labor market activity suggest the economy has to pick up before the job market will.
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Oil Prices Eased in Asian and European Trading
added: 10-06-2008

Oil prices dropped $US4 a barrel to around $US134 a barrel, the Dow rose by just over half a per cent as blue chips held firm, but tech stocks fell and the broader market was flat.
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China's Main Cities are Seeing Growing Fuel Shortages
added: 10-06-2008

It's not a reply to the weekend surge in oil prices, but China's latest directive telling lenders to set aside more money to cut bank lending is probably the most effective move it can make, seeing it seems to be baulking at freeing up all commodity prices and won't lift interest rates.
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Tokyo: May IPO Market Summary and Outlook for June 2008
added: 10-06-2008

There will be only one IPO in June, just as in April and May. We have never seen this happen since the inception of Japan’s three small company stock markets. During the first five months of 2008, there have been 23 IPOs. Seven companies listed on JASDAQ, seven on TSE Mothers, three on the TSE 2nd section, three on OSE Hercules, and one each on JASDAQ NEO, Nagoya Centrex and Sapporo Ambitious. For these 23 companies, the opening price was an average of 33.5% above the offering prices.
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Manpower Employment Outlook Survey Shows Slight Hiring Decline
added: 10-06-2008

U.S. employers are projecting a slight decline in hiring for Quarter 3 2008, according to the seasonally adjusted results of the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey conducted quarterly by Manpower Inc.
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The Period of Economic Growth for the U.S. Has Ended
added: 09-06-2008

Hopes for a quick economic turnaround were essentially dashed on Friday when the Labor Department reported that American employers axed 49,000 jobs in May, the fifth straight month of job losses, an event that signals a recession and inspired a 394-point decline in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
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OECD Standardised Unemployment Rate Remains Stable at 5.5% in April 2008
added: 09-06-2008

The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area was 5.5% in April 2008, the same as the previous month and 0.1 percentage point lower than a year earlier.
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Euro Area: Slower Economic Growth is Expected in 2008 and 2009
added: 09-06-2008

Slower economic growth is expected in 2008 and 2009: the average of the forecasts is for an outturn of 1.6% per annum this year and next, after strong 2.6% GDP growth in 2006.
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Delocalisation is not Europe’s Number One "Job-Killer"
added: 09-06-2008

Delocalisation or off-shoring of jobs is far from the biggest cause of job destruction in Europe, recent research from Eurofound, the Dublin-based EU agency can reveal. According to its European Restructuring Monitor (ERM), only 8% of announced job losses were due to jobs being moved elsewhere in the period between 2003 and 2006.
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Euro Area MFI Interest Rate Statistics in April 2008
added: 09-06-2008

In April 2008 most euro area average MFI interest rates on new deposits were higher than in the previous month. While the majority of euro area average MFI interest rates on new loans were basically unchanged, they rose by about 10 basis points in the case of loans to non-financial corporations at a floating rate or with an initial rate fixation period of up to one year.
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