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Unemployment

US unemployment rate jumps to 6.5%

After stalling at 6.1% in September, the U.S. unemployment rate jumped to 6.5%. This was a truly ugly report as we saw payrolls go down by 240,000 - more than forecast and September was revised up significantly from 169,000 to 284,000.…

Jobless claims in holding pattern

No change. That's what we see from this week's jobless claims numbers. The 4-week average number is up 145,750 from a year ago. That's a bonus because three weeks ago this number was 166,500 and has fallen for three weeks on the trot.…

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