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Weekly Initial Claims for Unemployment Benefits Ticked Up but Remain Very Low – AIER

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The number of ongoing claims for state unemployment programs totaled 1.960 million for the week ending November 27, a rise of 403,147 from the prior week (see second chart). The gain was concentrated in the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program and the Pandemic Emergency UC program, which accounted for 93,338 of the 107,674.

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James Owen, Global Chief Financial Officer, Profiles Division, Kantar

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He suggests organisations need a safe space where the numbers will not be used as a stick to beat you with. “It Football was such an alpha male world and over time that became an adapted part of my DNA, but when I entered the accounting world I quickly realised I had to unlearn that behaviour once again in order to adapt,” says James.

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S&P 500 Companies: A Visual Breakdown

Barry Ritholtz

trillion in assets, accounting for close to 80% of available market capitalization on U.S. Despite interest rates climbing at warp speed, a select number of big tech names have maintained, or even expanded their influence on the index over the last year. All of the companies in the S&P 500 are worth $7.1 stock exchanges.

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Re-Examining The Role Of Correspondent Banking

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The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said in a recent report that the number of correspondent banks — where banks and financial institutions (and domestic payment systems) are linked together — slipped 3 percent in 2019 vs. 2018 and declined a significant 22 percent from 2011 to 2019. A Reduction In The Number Of Corridors .

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China: House Divided | AIER

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I have come to think of it in terms of concentric circles, each smaller than, and fully contained in, the larger category. I have written a number of papers ( this , and this ) on the nature of “truly voluntary,” or euvoluntary , exchanges. For me, the categories are exchange relations, market societies, and capitalism.

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Securing The New Commerce Normal

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Most Main Street businesses are shut down for the time being; workers are away from their offices; and as a result of social distancing, we as a society have concentrated all the activities once spread across a variety of destinations throughout the day into a single place — the home. Or at least they will try.

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Moody’s: Number of firms on the B3 negative and lower list continues to decline

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The number of companies on Moody's B3 Negative and Lower Corporate Ratings List fell 21% quarter-over-quarter, finishing June with 256 debt issuers, continuing a positive trend, Moody’s said recently. Most of these companies are concentrated in the Services sector on the B3N list, the firm added.

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