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Now Almost 6 Million In Continuing Jobless Claims

247Wallst | Thu, 04/09/2009 - 9:50am | dreary news, economic indicators, economic recession, jobless claims, recession stats, unemployment rate |  6 comments

The weekly jobless claims is still a dismal reading.  Thankfully, it was just a tad less dismal than before. The new drop came in at -20,000 from 674,000 to 654,000.  The expected drop was a drop of only -9,000.  The bad news on this front is the 5.84 million in continuing jobless cla ... Read more

Trading > ForexTVBlog

US Shows Highest Unemployment Figures Since 1983

ForexTVBlog | Mon, 04/06/2009 - 8:55am | currency trading, dollar exchange rate, dollar strength, forex trading, job loss, joblessness, recession stats, unemployment rate, USD strength |  2 comments

Last week’s release of negative employment data from the United States has many forex traders running from the USD. With a rally taking place among Euro-Zone currencies, as well as the price of Crude Oil, there appears to be plenty of investment opportunities more profitable than th ... Read t ... Read more