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OECD Sees No End To Job Crisis, Warns Of 'Lost Generation'

Unemployment in advanced economies will remain high until at least the end of 2013, with youth and the low-skilled hurt most by the weakest economic recovery in the past four decades, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said Tuesday.
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How Bad Was The US Jobs Report? Not That Bad: Analysts

Although Friday's closely watched June jobs report missed expectations, analysts are looking on the bright side: Income and hours worked both rose and the country's job market is still growing, despite global turmoil.
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June US Unemployment Rate Holds At 8.2%, Payrolls Up Only 80,000

Non-farm payrolls rose by a paltry 80,000 in June, while the unemployment rate remained stuck at 8.2 percent as the labor participation rate was unchanged at 63.8, the Labor Department said Friday. Economists polled by Thomson Reuters had called for a total gain of 90,000 jobs.
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Global Economic Concerns Drag US Stock Futures Down

U.S. stock index futures point to a slightly lower open Friday as the interest rate cuts announced by central banks in Europe and China on Thursday failed to convince investors that the measures will be sufficient to rejuvenate the struggling global economy.
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Unemployment To Remain High Through 2016: Report

President Obama and Mitt Romney are both campaigning on a promise to revitalize the economy, but a new poll of economists offers a gloomy forecast for the next presidential term no matter who is in the White House.
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Asian Stocks Fall Ahead Of ECB Meeting

Asian stock markets declined Thursday as market participants remained cautious ahead of the European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of England's (BOE) policy decision meetings later in the day.

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