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Central banks around the globe upped the ante sharply on Thursday with a series of dramatic interest rate slashes to fight a deepening recession as fresh job cuts were announced by companies worldwide.
Source: thewest.com.au
Transcript of Regular Press Briefing by Caroline Atkinson, Director, External Relations Department
MS. ATKINSON: Good morning. I'm Caroline Atkinson, Director of the IMF's External Relations Department, and I'd like to welcome you all, and those journalists participating via the Online Media Briefing Center, to our biweekly press briefing.
Source: imf.org
Shoppers have reasons to act like grinches
WASHINGTON (AP) — There are ample reasons for America’s shoppers to act like grinches this holiday season, with lost jobs, wilting retirement accounts and shrinking home values topping the list.
Source: theoaklandpress.com
Global central banks cut interest rates
Central banks around the globe upped the ante sharply on Thursday with a series of dramatic interest rate slashes to fight a deepening recession.
Source: news.smh.com.au
Background Note: New Zealand
Geography Area: 270,500 sq. km.; about the size of Colorado Cities (December 2006): Capital --Wellington (450,600). Other cities --Auckland (1,237,239), Christchurch (338,748), Hamilton (130,000).
Source: scoop.co.nz
Continuing jobless at 26-year high
WASHINGTON (AP) -- More evidence of consumers' weary state and the nation's deteriorating job market came Thursday with reports that people continuing to draw unemployment benefits climbed to a 26-year high, while retail sales and orders to U.
Source: ydr.inyork.com
People draw unemployment benefits at 26-year high
WASHINGTON (AP) - More evidence of consumers' weary state and the nation's deteriorating job market came Thursday with reports that people continuing to draw unemployment benefits climbed to a 26-year high, while retail sales and orders to U.S. factories sank.
Source: 9news.com
Shoppers have reasons to act like grinches
If anyone needed more evidence of consumers' weary state and the nation's deteriorating job market, they got it Thursday with the latest batch of bleak economic data.
Source: katu.com
Shoppers have reasons to act like grinches
More evidence of consumers' weary state and the nation's deteriorating job market came Thursday with reports that people continuing to draw unemployment benefits climbed to a 26-year high, while retail sales and orders to U.S. factories sank. » BLOG: South Bay business news
Source: dailybreeze.com
4 million get unemployment
The number of people receiving benefits is at a 26-year high.
Source: pensacolanewsjournal.com
