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  1. MARKET WATCH: Dollar, energy prices fall; unemployment rises

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    Fri, 15 Oct 2010

    14 in the New York market, pulled down by the decline in the broader equities market as an increase in new claims for unemployment assistance last week fed concerns about economic recovery. Natural gas “was the biggest underperformer, falling 0

  2. MARKET WATCH: Energy prices slip lower; unemployment at 26-year high

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    Fri, 4 Sep 2009

    as the Department of Labor reported unemployment in the US reached a 26-year high ..... Online, Sept. 3, 2009). The US unemployment rate rose to 9.7% last month with the loss ..... earlier reported US initial claims for unemployment benefits were down 4,000 to 570

  1. MARKET WATCH: Oil prices cut by lower unemployment , rising inventories

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    Mon, 7 Dec 2009

    low Dec. 4 on the New York market following reports of reduced unemployment , increased oil inventories, and a stronger dollar. “The dollar rallied on news that unemployment declined 0.2% in November,” said analysts in the Houston

  2. MARKET WATCH: Unemployment increase pushes down oil prices

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    Mon, 9 Nov 2009

    second consecutive session in the New York market as the dollar strengthened and the Department of Labor reported the US unemployment rate climbed above 10% for the first time in 26 years. In the nonfarm sector, 190,000 jobs were lost in October, bringing

  3. MARKET WATCH: Oil declines slightly on unemployment concerns

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    Wed, 30 Sep 2009

    weekly inventory report. With the US unemployment rate now at a 26-year high, investors ..... losses could worsen when September unemployment figures are released Oct. 2. During August the US unemployment rate jumped to 9.7%. Meanwhile

  4. MARKET WATCH: Stagnant unemployment rate lifts energy prices

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    Mon, 8 Mar 2010

    Labor reported 36,000 jobs lost in February, leaving the unemployment rate unchanged at 9.7%. Many economists were expecting a much bigger loss that would raise unemployment to 9.8%. Olivier Jakob at Petromatrix in Zug, Switzerland

  5. MARKET WATCH: Oil prices climb in hopeful markets

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    Fri, 27 Apr 2012

    120/bbl despite a disappointing US unemployment report and the downgrade of Spain ..... Spanish government reported Apr. 27 unemployment rose to 24.4% in the first quarter ..... 2011. That’s the highest current unemployment rate in the Euro-zone and the highest

  6. MARKET WATCH: Optimistic markets continue to rally

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    Thu, 22 Dec 2011

    the Labor Department announced initial applications for US unemployment benefits declined for the third consecutive week, down 4 ..... market—or at least a reduction in layoffs, with an 8.6 unemployment rate in November down from 9% for the previous 2 years

  7. MARKET WATCH: Crude oil prices fall; gas prices make gains

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    Fri, 9 Dec 2011

    rates reductions by the European Central Bank (ECB) and a US government report of the lowest number of initial claims for unemployment benefits in 9 months. However, natural gas rallied after the Energy Information Administration reported the withdrawal

  8. MARKET WATCH: Natual gas price rebounds 6%; oil continues to rally

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    Fri, 17 Feb 2012

    rebound 6% Feb. 16 on a bullish inventory report, and crude climbed above $102/bbl in New York as reduced claims for unemployment benefits and new hope for the Greek economy moved the market. “The US weekly employment report and January’s housing