The unemployment rate, obtained by a separate survey of U.S. households, ticked up one-tenth of a percentage point to 7.9%.
But a separate survey from MasterCard found retail sales rose in December.
The unemployment rate is derived from a separate survey of households, which has an even smaller sample size and thus a wider confidence range.
The report, Public Attitudes Towards the Gaelic Language, followed a survey of the general public and a separate survey of 56 fluent Gaelic speakers.
In a separate survey, the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9%.
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In a separate survey question, 46% of respondents said the authorities should have open access to data about social network users to prevent organized criminal activity.
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The unemployment rate, taken from a separate survey of households, remained unchanged in September at 6.1%, as expected, though this is still the highest unemployment level seen since September 2003.
On Thursday, a separate survey of the manufacturing sector showed growth was held back by rising oil costs, with companies facing prices that were rising at the fastest rate in 19 years.
The bee protection organization COLOSS (Prevention of honey bee COlony LOSSes) compared surveys of honey bee losses in 2009 and 2010 in Europe with the rates of neonicotinoid application in the same geographical areas (in a separate survey).
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Nearly five decades later, people in a separate survey were asked to look at the yearbook photos of around 3, 250 of the Wisconsin participants and rate them as attractive or extremely attractive, on a scale of 1 to 11.
Award availability at AirTran, which still has a separate program from Southwest, increased dramatically in the IdeaWorks' survey because Southwest is managing it similarly to how it manages its own Rapid Rewards program.
The unemployment rate declined to 7.8% only because of a reported surprise September spurt of 873, 000 jobs in the separate Household Survey of families across the nation.
The survey calculated costs separate for the four different social classes in Brazil (Classes A-D).
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