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Serendipitous jobs, trade data help Canada shake off doldrums

  Bloomberg Canada is turning the page on the oil crash. From trade numbers to jobs to the stock market, evidence is beginning to mount the commodity producing nation is emerging from a lingering slump, after struggling through a cocktail of hurt that included collapsing oil prices, slow global growth and an aging population. Data showed the country recorded its ...

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USA payrolls rise 156k as wages surge most since ’09

  Bloomberg The US labor market turned in a solid performance at the end of 2016, putting job gains above 2 million for a sixth year as paychecks rose by the most during the current expansion. The 156,000 increase in December payrolls followed a 204,000 rise in November that was bigger than previously estimated, a Labor Department report showed. The ...

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German manufacturing orders weaken after investment-driven surge

  Bloomberg German factory orders fell in November, partially offsetting an investment-driven surge the previous month. Orders, adjusted for seasonal swings and inflation, dropped 2.5 percent from October, when they jumped a revised 5 percent, data from the Economy Ministry in Berlin showed. That compares with a median estimate of a 2.4 percent decline in a Bloomberg survey. Orders gained ...

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