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Friday, November 06, 2009
Dollar Inches Higher As Unemployment Hits 10.2%
By Nick Godt
MarketWatch Pulse
NEW YORK -- The dollar rose slightly early on Friday, after the government reported the U.S. economy lost 190,000 jobs in October, lifting the unemployment rate to 10.2%. The dollar index , which measures the U.S. unit against a basket of six major currencies, stood at 78.810 compared with 75.611 earlier.
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