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THE ECONOMY.(TO THE POINT)
Mortgage applications steady
The Mortgage Bankers Association's index of mortgage activity slipped 0.6% to 642.7 in the week ended Aug. 27. New home loans fell 0.1% to 443.1 while refinancings declined 1.1% to 1,804.1. The average interest rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 5.75% from 5.78%.
** The average price of a home financed by lending giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae climbed 9.4% in the 12 months to June. That's the largest gain since '79. Prices rose 2.2% in Q2 from Q1, with Hawaii and coastal states seeing the biggest jumps.
Poll: Confidence eased last week
The ABC News-Money magazine consumer comfort index fell 2 points to -11 in the week ended Aug. 22 from the previous week. Of those polled, 37% feel confident about the economy, lower than 38% a week earlier. In addition, 59% said their finances are in good shape, the same as the week before.
Euro zone jobless rate steady
The region's jobless rate in July remained at 9%, or 12.7 mil people out of work, the same level as in June, ...
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- UNEMPLOYMENT : EURO-ZONE JOBLESS RATE DOWN SLIGHTLY IN FEBRUARY.(Brief article)
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- Magazine article from: European Social Policy May 12, 2006 700+ words
...in the twelve-nation euro-zone stood at 8.1% in March...Eurostat on 3 May. The jobless rate for males fell from 7.6% to 7.0% in the euro-zone between March 2005 and...3% to 9.5% in the euro-zone and from 10.0% to...
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...in the twelve-nation euro-zone stood at 8.1% in March...Eurostat on 3 May. The jobless rate for males fell from 7.6% to 7.0% in the euro-zone between March 2005 and...3% to 9.5% in the euro-zone and from 10.0% to...