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U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Wednesday as weakness in the U.S. dollar underpinned natural resource shares, including gold miners, ahead of key data on October housing starts and consumer prices. Shares of Newmont Mining Corp jumped 1.6 percent...
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The unemployment rate in the 27-country union as a whole was 9.2% in September, up 0.1 percentage point on the August total and the highest figure in 10 years. The employment rate among the under-25s is also lowest in the Netherlands, at 6.8%.
Tags: European Commission, European Union, unemployment rate, consecutive month, eu statistics, euro zone, statistics agency, fifth consecutive, jobless rate, consumers prices
Wall Street struggled to find a direction Wednesday, as investors, nervous about the fate of the nation's top automakers, scoured more economic data for a sign of relief. Though the latest reports provided more evidence that the economy remains in flux,...
Tags: consumers prices, prices dropped, prices plunged, wholesale prices, Labor Department, energy prices
Athens this evening, lending their support to consumers who have seen their purchasing power drop due to high inflation in the country. Growing discontent among consumers was also reflected in the high participation in last week�s collective milk boycott,...
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Economic data released today showed the first fall in UK retail sales in two years. Signs of a slowdown in spending followed data released yesterday showing inflation at a 17-year high, suggesting sluggish growth and increasing consumer prices.
Tags: retail sales, Britain, annual rate, Bank of England, consumers prices, BRC
Feb. 20 -- Wall Street gave up a big early advance and closed mixed yesterday after oil prices closed above 100 U.S. dollars for the first time and stoked fears that inflation will stymie an already troubled economy. Soaring oil prices could bring
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