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New Employment Trends Index Suggests More Labor-Market Weakening to Come
added: 10-06-2008

The Conference Board's new Employment Trends Index (ETI)™ fell in May, continuing a decline that began in July 2007 and suggesting more softening to come in the labor market. The index (1996=100), fell in May by 0.5 percent to 113.7 from 114.3 in April and is down 6 percent since July 2007.
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An EU27 Surplus In Trade In Goods With The USA Of More Than 80 Bn Euro In 2007
added: 10-06-2008

Taking goods and services together, the EU and the USA account for the largest bilateral trade relationship in the world. The significant amount of bilateral trade and investment illustrates a high degree of interdependence of the two economies.
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Online Banking User Demographics
added: 10-06-2008

While online banking is not nearly as common as e-mailing or general Web surfing, nearly four out of 10 Internet users surveyed by the USC Annenberg School Center for the Digital Future said they banked online in 2007.
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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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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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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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