Economic & financial indicators

OUTPUT, DEMAND AND JOBS

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OUTPUT, DEMAND AND JOBS Britain's unemployment rate declined again in November—the 21st consecutive fall—to a 17-year low of 5.1%. American industrial production jumped by 0.7% in November; year-on-year growth remained at 5.6%. In the year to the third quarter GDP growth rose in Spain (to 3.4%), Sweden (2.7%) and stayed at 4.0% in Canada.

This article appeared in the Economic & financial indicators section of the print edition under the headline “OUTPUT, DEMAND AND JOBS”

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