Job creation has slowed sharply in the United States in October, but this did not prevent the unemployment rate to fall slightly, according to official figures released Friday in Washington. The U.S. economy created more jobs that ‘it does destroy the thirteenth consecutive month, and the net hiring of the country stood at 80,000 jobs, [...]
After her tumble the day before the Paris Stock Exchange has long remained undecided on which way to go before settling in the green thanks to the positive opening on Wall Street and expectations of support ads the U.S. economy by the Fed. After the panic that blew yesterday on European stock markets, concern remained [...]
The new jobless claims rose sharply in the United States during the last week of April, according to figures released Thursday by the Washington Department of Labor. Up three of the four weeks of April, this indicator seems to confirm that the decline in unemployment has leveled off this month. The Department has identified the [...]
Wall Street closed higher on Friday evening, supported by news of mergers and acquisitions with a $ 11 billion offer from Nasdaq and ICE on NYSE Euronext. Moreover, the latest U.S. employment figures came out quite strong and go in the direction of further improvement. The ISM manufacturing index has shown for its part “in line” with [...]
The unemployment rate in Greece has increased again in December on a year to 14.8% versus 10.2% a year earlier. This is the highest level in at least five years, particularly affecting nearly 15-24 40% are affected, said Wednesday the Greek Statistical Authority (ESA). In November, unemployment stood at 13.9% of the country’s workforce. The [...]
These are the best news on the employment so far. The U.S. economy created 192,000 non-agricultural jobs in February, and the number was revised up for January with 63,000 new jobs instead of 36,000. The unemployment rate rose for the first time in two years to below 9% to 8.9%. The private sector has created 222,000 jobs, [...]
The New York Stock Exchange closed lower on Friday under pressure from a new surge in oil prices, despite falling unemployment in the United States. The Dow Jones lost 0.72% and the Nasdaq 0.50% . According to final figures from closing, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 88.32 points to 12,169.88 points and the Nasdaq, [...]
Oil prices increased again Friday at the opening in New York, moving to the highest since September 2008 when Libya knew new fierce fighting. To 14.15 GMT on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex), a barrel of light sweet crude for April delivery traded at 102.95 dollars, up 1.04 dollars compared to the previous day. [...]
A pall has settled over the U.S. housing market. The first-time home buyer’s credit has dried up, and home prices are down 29 percent from their 2006 peak. On Dec. 9 the latest release of the Federal Reserve’s Flow of Funds data shows the value of homeowner equity in the third quarter of this year at [...]
NEW YORK – The New York Stock Exchange was up Monday morning, continuing its momentum from last week and hosted by announcements of repurchases: the Dow Jones gained 0.43% and the Nasdaq 0.45%. Around 1500 GMT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average took 52.11 points to 12,144.26 points and the Nasdaq, dominated by technological 12.42 points [...]
