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Kansas' unemployment rate declined to 6.4 percent in October, though a state labor analyst cautioned Friday that the job market remains weak.
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Friday:
Japan's government highlighted the danger of deflation for the first time in three years Friday, warning that falling prices and a further worsening of the labor market could drag on the weak recovery.
Georgia's recession continues.
A gauge of future economic activity and a report on unemployment benefits signaled Thursday that the recovery likely will remain weak in the coming months.
New York City, the center of the nation's information industry, has lost nearly 60,000 communications jobs since 2000, including in publishing and broadcasting, the comptroller's office said Wednesday.
Recovery in developed economies will accelerate next year due to "substantial improvements" in financial markets and fast-growing Asian countries, but is likely to remain fragile, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Thursday as it doubled its 2010 growth forecast.
Singapore said its economy would expand as little as 3 percent in 2010, well below the high growth rates of past years because of a sluggish recovery in the U.S. and other developed countries.
The government's Cash for Clunkers program offered a lot of Americans great deals on new cars. Now, those falling prices have shifted into reverse.
A new Hawaii economic forecast predicts Hawaii will make only lackluster gains next year followed by modest growth in 2011.
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Thursday:
Oregon's unemployment rate has been falling, but that could be partly because some people can't find a job.
The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment insurance was unchanged last week, while those continuing to claim benefits dipped.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress on Tuesday that efforts to strengthen the global financial system to prevent another deep crisis will falter if the United States drops the ball on overhauling regulation of its own banking system.
The government says consumer prices edged up slightly faster than expected in October, driven higher by another increase in energy prices and the biggest increase in new car prices in 28 years.
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