Thursday, October 07, 2010

Quick Overview

  • U.S. Jobless claims fell by 11,000 to 445,000 in the week ended Oct. 2, the fewest since July 10.

  • Bank of England holds rates at 0.5%.

  • The ECB has left its interest rate unchanged at the record low of 1%

  • NOAA: Strong La Nina seen in Nov-Jan to stay into 2Q of 2011

  • U.S. same-store sales rose 2.8 %

  • The French trade deficit widened to 4.93 billion euros (6.88 billion U.S. dollars) in August 2010 on imports growth from 4.42 billion euros (6.18 billion dollars) a month earlier.

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