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		<title><![CDATA[State Unemployment Rates: A Small Victory For Little Rhody]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/financial-decoder/state-unemployment-rates-a-small-victory-for-little-rhody/948/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I used to live in Rhode Island, which is why I still take an interest in what's happening there. Little Rhody has gotten crushed in the recession. The last vestiges of its manufacturing base have been vaporized and the contraction in housing have contributed to the state's dismal employment situation....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:49:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cautious Optimism as Job Losses Slow]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - The pace of job losses slowed in many U.S. states in October, and the unemployment rate slipped in hard-hit Michigan, the Labor Department said on Friday, hinting the recession may be easing in some areas.Michigan's jobless rate fell to 15.1 percent in October from 15.3 percent in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:15:45 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hours Worked 'first Sign of Turnaround']]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ An improvement in the number of hours worked will be the first sign the labour market is improving, a business lobby group says.Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry director of economics and industry policy Greg Evans hopes the unemployment rate will be lower than the 6.75 per cent peak...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:04:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[More Jobs Mean Higher Rates, Say Experts]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A strong rise in employment in October will give the Reserve Bank of Australia RBA added confidence to lift interest rates in December, economists say.It will be the first time the RBA will have raised rates for the third consecutive month, if it does so.A larger than expected jump...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:50:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Australian Unemployment Rate 5.8% in Oct]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A strong rise in total employment in October will give the Reserve Bank of Australia RBA confidence to lift interest rates for a third straight month in December, economists say.The nation added 24,500 jobs in October, according to figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics published on Thursday.The median...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:27:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Employment Might Not Fully Recover Until 2013]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/maximum-utility/the-long-road-to-recovery-2/120/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The most recent employment report shows the unemployment rate at 10.2 percent, and the broaderÂ  unemployment rate that accounts for part-time work and discouraged workers at 17.5 percent. With numbers like these, can we expect good news on the employment front anytime soon?    Historically, a good rule...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:05:22 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[10.2% Unemployment: 1983 and 2009]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love this chart from this morning's Wall Street Journal. It's a quick comparison between today and 1983, which was the last time the unemployment rate was 10.2% and the last time I was considered a formidable power forward on the basketball court.       ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:06:44 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Whose Recovery Is This?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like most recoveries, this has been an uneven one. Wall Street, women, and older workers are thriving, while Main Street, men, and younger workers are simply surviving. Our scorecard shows some of the recovery?s biggest winners and losers so far.    	  Here&#8217;s another option: Just ask...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mixed Signs in Jobless Data]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/video/mixed-signs-in-jobless-data/350897/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[First-time unemployment claims fall to the lowest level in 10 months, but the unemployment rate is still likely to top 10 percent by year's end.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:31:28 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Graduate in a Downturn, End Up Poor and Depressed?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/entry-level/?p=754]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The recession may be easing slightly, but with the unemployment rate for adults aged 20 to 24 nearly twice the national average, a lot of recent grads have spent 2009 doing not much at all. But will the effects of this period of enforced joblessness outlast the gloomy economic times?...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:17:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Unemployment Rate Jumps to 26-year High]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/video/unemployment-rate-jumps-to-26-year-high/339144/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[With nearly 7 million jobs lost, the unemployment rate, now at 9.7%, is expected to continue rising.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:23:01 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Unemployment Rate Cushioned By Government Hiring]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In July in some of the first good news the U.S. economy had seen in several months the unemployment rate actually declined slightly.  It was down to 9.4 percent from about 9.6 percent.  Many economists still predict it going higher as economic activity in the U.S. stagnates or...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:40:58 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Unemployment: Emotional Cost Behind the Figures]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/financial-decoder/unemployment-emotional-cost-behind-the-figures/545/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Scene: Corporate elevator    Employee #1: "Monday morning-ugh!"    Employee #2: "I'm so happy to still have my job that I can't even complain about Mondays!"    As economists focus on signs of economic recovery and investors rejoice in stock market gains, there's a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:08:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Coming Jobless Recovery]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/a-jobless-recovery-lies-ahead/780/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Now we are getting the clearest indication yet that we are headed for a jobless recovery.    A total of 467,000 jobs were eliminated in June, bringing the jobless rate to 9.5 percent from 9.4 percent in May, according to the Labor Department. The jobless rate was the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:49:06 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[More Good News: Consumer Confidence, Retail Sales and the TED Spread]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/investing/blog/wise-investing/more-good-news-consumer-confidence-retail-sales-and-the-ted-spread/530/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of you may be surprised to learn that when the unemployment rate is up, stocks actually do quite well. Here's why. by Larry Swedroe]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Discover Financial Services Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14037_23-313329.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions  Your first question comes from Brian Foran &#8211; Goldman Sachs & Company, Inc. Brian Foran &#8211; Goldman Sachs & Company, Inc. When we think about your loss guidance which implies deceleration in the reserves as well, can you comment on some of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:58:22 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Employment: Less Bad is Good]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/financial-decoder/employment-less-bad-is-good/207/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The April employment report showed that the rate of job loss is tapering off.    That's why investors celebrated the fact that "only" over a half million people lost their jobs in April and the unemployment rate was just 8.9 percent. It's like the doctor coming in and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 05:33:09 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What's an education system without profiteers? No education system at all! Apollo Group Inc. APOL, Strayer Education Inc. STRA, ITT Educational Services Inc. ESI, DeVry, Inc. DV]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[What's an education system without profiteers? No education system at all! Apollo Group Inc. APOL, Strayer Education Inc. STRA, ITT Educational Services Inc. ESI, DeVry, Inc. DV]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Census is a treasure trove of information on worker trends. The 2006 American Community Survey gives mangers even more incentive to make higher education a priority. Workers with a bachelor's degree have a 2.7% unemployment rate -- less than half the 6.1% unemployment rate for high school graduates....]]></description>
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