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Pressure on Obama mounts after jobless rise

Rising US joblessness poses increasingly urgent political and policy challenges for US President Barack Obama

US jobless rate surges above 10%

The unemployment rate shot up to 10.2 per cent in October, its highest level in over 26 years as the economy shed another 190,000 jobs

China brands US ‘protectionist’

Beijing issues stinging rebuke after Washington slapped anti-dumping duties on $2.6bn of Chinese steel pipe imports.

Lex: US unemployment

A large drop in employment has outpaced a fall in the numbers choosing to stop seeking work, propelling the headline jobless rate skyward

US slaps duties on Beijing steel pipe imports

The US hit China with another big trade action as it slapped ­preliminary anti-dumping duties on $2.6bn worth of Chinese pipe imports

Public pensions may stress US state finances

The next dose of pain for US state and local governments, which are struggling to balance their budgets in the wake of a national recession, could come from rising costs for the pensions of teachers, firefighters and sanitation workers across the country

US companies see productivity spurt

Corporate America achieved remarkable productivity gains in the third quarter, new data revealed, with output per hour worked up 9.5 per cent at an annualised rate, its fastest increase in six years

Fed spells out stance on rates

The Federal Reserve signalled that it expected to keep interest rates near zero for at least six months, but for the first time identified factors that could lead to earlier rises

Opinion: Lending must support the real economy

It is beside the point to focus on bonuses, like Paul Krugman, or financial democracy, like Robert Shiller, writes Dirk Bezemer

US and UK pension regulators in new pact

Move aimed at stymying growing number of transnational schemes that employers can use to dump pension liabilities on to insurance schemes

Fed changes its statement

FOMC statement

US service sector grows in October

US loses 203,000 jobs in October

US considers merging bank regulators

Opinion: Give credit to create jobs – but only where it’s due

US factory orders rebound in September

US tax credit boosts pending home sales

US manufacturing expansion strengthens

US Senate to introduce draft financial bill

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