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Silver in New Uptrend - Could This Merger Benefit?
In the week ending August 31, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims was 227,000, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week's revised level, according to the Department of Labor. It's pretty much in line with expectations, so it's no big deal. The Federal Reserve's "Beige Book" report on Wednesday described employment levels as "generally flat to up slightly in recent weeks." However, ADP job numbers came in about 40,000 below consensus. U.S. businesses generated just 99,000 new jobs in August, paycheck company ADP said, to mark the smallest increase since 2021 in another sign of a ... (full story)