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    "The headline number of 10.2 percent will be shouted from the mountaintops and from the voters," said Andrew Busch, analyst at BMO Capital Markets. "The Federal Reserve and the US Treasury are in the glare of the klieg lights to get something done to arrest the job losses." Fred Dickson at DA Davidson & Co. said the report "continues to point to an economy that is struggling, but the picture is not nearly as dire as seen at the beginning of the year." Full Article at Sydney Morning Herald
    The Federal Reserve and the US Treasury are in the glare of the klieg lights to get something done to arrest the job losses.
    SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald 2 weeks ago
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10 percent jobless rate adds to pressure on Obama
  1. To that end, my economic team is looking at ideas such as additional investments in our aging roads and bridges, incentives to create jobs and steps to increase the flow of credit to small businesses
    SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald 2 weeks ago
  2. If you're a politician in Washington of the Democratic variety, this is far worse than last month
    SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald 2 weeks ago
  3. It is hard to fathom that, according to the White House estimates earlier this year, the stimulus was supposed to help cap the unemployment rate at 8.5 percent. Here we are today with both an unemployment rate and a fiscal deficit-to-GDP ratio both north of 10 percent.
    SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald 2 weeks ago
  4. Slowly, the trajectory is improving, but, given the huge number of unemployed and underemployed, our view of a very slow economic recovery in 2010 and 2011 remains very much in place ... This report will not do much to encourage the Fed to raise rates anytime soon.
    SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald 2 weeks ago
  5. The headline number of 10.2 percent will be shouted from the mountaintops and from the voters
    SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald 2 weeks ago
  6. The return to job creation is as elusive as ever
    SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald 2 weeks ago
  7. This report is a soft start to the fourth quarter ... It is consistent with a double-dip (recession) or W-shaped recovery.
    SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald 2 weeks ago
  8. This means a slower, more frustrating economic recovery
    SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald 2 weeks ago

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