Friday, October 02, 2009

Quick Overview

  • The U.S. unemployment rate rose from 9.7% to 9.8% in September. Non-farm payrolls fell 263,000 – more than expected.

  • U.S. factory orders fell 0.8% in August.

  • Japan's unemployment rate improved from 5.7% to 5.5% in August

  • U.K. house prices rose 0.9% in September.

  • Canada estimates its 2009 wheat crop at 24.58 million tons, up from 23.61 million tons in July.

  • The idle container fleet worldwide has climbed to 548 ships, totaling 1.29 million TEU capacity at the end of September. This represents 10% of the total fleet capacity, or 11.6% of the total number of containerships.

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