Jobless Claims Average Hits 12-Month High
May 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although first-time unemployment claims fell last week, a more accurate jobless barometer shot up to...
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Fed Holds Steady On Rates, Warns of 'Weakness'
May 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Federal Reserve decided to keep US interest rates at 1961 lows, but warned it...
FTSE Ousts Venezuela From All-World Index
May 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The country of Venezuela is being removed from the FTSE All-World Index after the close...
Challenger: Job Cuts Blast Off in April
May 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest report on planned US job cuts in April screamed "gloomy" with the downsizings...
Jobless Rate Jumps; US Payrolls Keep Shrinking
May 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The crippled US economy continued to bleed jobs in April as the nation's unemployment rate...
MSCI: Global Equities Awaken in April
May 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global equity markets had a good showing in April with an 8.63% advance by the...
Weekly Jobless Report: A Bright Spot Amid Dark Clouds
May 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US unemployment picture brightened a bit last week, but the long-slumbering job market is...
March Mass Layoffs Plummet from 2002
April 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There was a hint of good labor market news Wednesday with word that the number...
Personal Income Rises 0.4% in March
April 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American personal income rose by 0.4%, or $35.5 billion, in March.
Unemployment Claims Highest in More Than a Year
April 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US job market continued to erode last week as the number of Americans applying...
Fourth Quarter 2002 Mass Layoffs Down From Year Earlier
April 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Other economic signals may not be too promising at the moment, but at least mid-...
Job Market Slumbers On; Unemployment Claims Skyrocket
April 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The already bleak US job picture took another turn for the worse last week as...
ICI: Equity UITs Shine in March
April 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unit investment trusts (UIT) enjoyed a bang-up March with a 20% growth in total deposits...
CPI: Medical Care Costs Rise 0.2% in March
April 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Medical care costs continue to climb, inching 0.2% higher in March.
Jobless Claims Drop; Above 400,000 for Eight Weeks
April 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US labor market continued its see-saw pattern last week as initial jobless benefits claims...
Unemployment Rate Steady But Payrolls Still Shrinking
April 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The struggling US job market shed a much higher than expected 108,000 nonfarm jobs in...
Jobless Claims Spike Higher to 445,000
April 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Reversing a three week downward trend, the number of new US jobless jumped to 445,000,...
FTSE Responds To Iraq Conflict
April 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The climax to a long-anticipated outbreak of war in Iraq spoke favorably to FTSE All-World...
February Personal Income and Savings Up, Spending Flat
March 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American personal income rose by 0.3%, or $24.9 billion, in February.
Closed-ended Funds Gain $16.69 Billion In Assets In 2002
March 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strong equity contributions led the way as closed-end fund assets increased $5.38 billion in the...