Friday, November 03, 2006

Quick Overview

  • U.S. companies added 92,000 workers in October, pushing the unemployment rate down to a five-year low of 4.4%.

  • Canada's unemployment rate improved from 6.4% to 6.2% in October.

  • The unemployment rate in the EU-12 remained unchanged at 7.8% in September.

  • UK service index increased from 57.0 to 59.3 in October, morer than expected.

  • China's central bank raised the required bank reserve ratio to 9.0% from 8.5%.

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