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THE ECONOMY.(TO THE POINT)
Confidence retaking lost ground
The ABC News-Money magazine consumer confidence index rose 4 points to -11. That's its 2nd straight weekly gain and recoups the drop it logged over the previous month when it dipped from -11 to -20. The index's compilers said lower retail gasoline prices along with more jobs and higher personal incomes fueled the increased optimism.
Mortgage activity slowing down
The Mortgage Bankers Association's index of applications for new mortgages dropped 4.4% last week to 575. The group's purchase sub-index declined 4.2% to 435.4. Its refinancing gauge fell 4.7%. Refinancings accounted for 33.4% of total mortgage applications. MBA also said the average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage held at 6.21%. But adjustable rates, which have become more popular as Americans seek the lowest rates, continued their recent rapid rise.
European inflation eased in June
The euro zone region's annual inflation rate dropped to 2.4% in June from 2.5% in May, Eurostat said. That's higher than the ...
- Beaumont, Texas-Area Jobless Rate Increases.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News April 20, 2001 700+ words
...Commission reported Thursday. March's jobless rate inched up to 6.9 percent from February...commission in Austin. Statewide, the jobless rate was 4.1 percent for March. A year...in the region, Beaumont recorded a jobless rate of 6.6 percent for March. A year...
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- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) April 30, 2009 700+ words
...in the Eugene-Springfield area's jobless rate from March 2008 to March 2009 - 8...by the U.S. Labor Department. The jobless rate in Bend leaped 9.2 percentage points...racked up the biggest increase in the jobless rate: 13 points. Like Lane County, Elkhart...
- Ohio jobless rate climbing due to auto woes.
- Magazine article from: Crain's Cleveland Business Lowe, Roger K. January 29, 1990 700+ words
Ohio jobless rate climbing due to auto woes WASHINGTON...Friday are expected to show Ohio's jobless rate surging because of a national slowdown...level. But they estimate Ohio's jobless rate for January could be as high as 7...
- Michigan's jobless rate climbs by half a point in March.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 7, 1989 700+ words
MICHIGAN'S JOBLESS RATE CLIMBS BY HALF A POINT IN MARCH DETROIT...Michigan's seasonally adjusted jobless rate rose by half a percentage point in...jobless. A year ago, March 1988, the jobless rate was 8.1 percent with 367,000...
- Montgomery County, Ohio, jobless rate edges up to 7 percent.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News August 20, 2004 700+ words
...900 were working. In Dayton, the jobless rate climbed to 11.8 percent or 9,300...3 percent in July 2003. While the jobless rate inched up, the number of Ohioans working...ODJFS director. In Greene County, the jobless rate slipped to 4.8 percent, or 3,600...
- Jobless Rate Tumbles to 4.1 Pct in April.
- Newspaper article from: Korea Times (Seoul, Korea) May 24, 2000 700+ words
The jobless rate was 4.1 percent in April, the lowest...economy expand at the current pace, the jobless rate would dip to below four percent next...We could achieve an annualized jobless rate of four percent as targeted this year...
- Jobless rate drops in Palm Beach County region, Florida.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News December 18, 2004 700+ words
...hurricanes. Statewide, Florida's jobless rate for November was the lowest since March 2001. Palm Beach County's jobless rate for November fell to 4.7 percent...Friday. In Martin County, the jobless rate dipped to 5.2 percent from 5...
- N.J. JOBLESS RATE HITS NINE-MONTH HIGH
- Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) STEPHEN G. HIRSCH, Staff Writer February 4, 1995 700+ words
...County, NJ) 02-04-1995 N.J. JOBLESS RATE HITS NINE-MONTH HIGH -- ECONOMISTS...000 last month, pushing the state's jobless rate to its highest level since April, according...exceeded only by California. New York's jobless rate edged up three-tenths of 1 percent...
