8:30 a.m. U.S. weekly initial jobless claims up 35,000 to 626,000
8:30 a.m. U.S. jobless claims at highest level since Oct. 1982
8:30 a.m. U.S. 4-week avg. jobless claims up 39,000 to 582,250
8:30 a.m. U.S. continuing jobless claims up 20,000 to record 4.79 mln
8:30 a.m. U.S. Q4 productivity up 3.2% vs.2.1% expected
8:30 a.m. U.S. Q3 productivity revised to up 1.5% from 1.3%
8:30 a.m. U.S. 2008 productivity up 2.8% biggest gain since '03 |