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...Chairman Bernanke. The Fed's next meeting December 11th.
In economic news, the consumer-price index rose 0.3% in October, the Labor Department reported, matching September's increase. The core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, advanced 0.2% for a fifth straight month. Nonfarm payrolls rose 166,000 in October, the fastest pace in five months, led by strong gains in services. September's figure was 110,000. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.7%. Existing home sales fell 1.2% in October to a record low 4.97 million-unit pace, indicating that the downturn in the U.S....
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