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Jim Baird

Jobless Claims Fall Moderately To Set Up January Jobs Report

Even with the slow healing for the jobs market, the slow pace of economic growth and uncomfortably high jobless rate still weighs on consumer confidence.

Fourth Quarter GDP Fastest Of 2011 But Not Good Enough

Friday’s GDP data confirm what other economic data had been suggesting for some time: that the economy gathered some momentum in the fourth quarter, but the result was still below what many were hoping for.