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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
