Savings dropped to their lowest levels since December 2007 to 3.6%.
The number of early-stage deals has dropped to the lowest level since 2008, according to Cleantech Group.
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After jobless claims dropped to the lowest level in five years, the ECB cut rates and hinted that they were willing to take further action.
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The gain came even though the German ZEW economic-sentiment indicator dropped to its lowest reading since December.
On the other hand, the number of unemployment claims dropped to their lowest level since early 2008.
Housing construction fell in November and single-family activity dropped to the lowest level in more than 16 years.
Despite an encouraging positive jobs report, investors remained cautious as the euro dropped to its lowest level in 16 months.
The figures come despite official statistics last week showing that personal insolvencies had dropped to their lowest levels in five years.
The face value of claims transferred during the month dropped to its lowest level since August 2011, SecondMarket reported, while the number of claims increased 10% month-over-month.
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The Japanese yen has dropped to its lowest level since 2008 against the US dollar after the central bank began the latest round of its stimulus programme.
Since the Moscow Exchange had its IPO, Russian markets fell noticeably on crude oil, and last week the MICEX index dropped to the lowest level since November 2012.
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Refiners are still trying to refill inventories that dropped to the lowest levels since 2003 after an unexpected cold snap in North America at the beginning of this year.
The widely watched SPDR Gold Trust ( GLD) dropped to its lowest level since last August, and the nearby crude oil contract was down close to 2% during the day.
Interestingly, the four-week average dropped to 349, 000, its lowest level since the last recession.
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Last month the number of unemployed Germans dropped to 3.4m, the lowest figure for 14 years.
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On the same day when ADP announced stronger than expected private sector job growth, another report on the job market showed that January layoffs dropped 46% from 2010 to their lowest level since 1993, when the data set begins, lending additional evidence to market bulls who are betting on a sustained economic recovery.
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The overnight Libor rate has dropped to 1.67%, its lowest rate in four years.
After all, the jobs market is still firm: euro-area unemployment recently dropped to 7.2%, the lowest for a generation.
The labor-force participation rate, which measures the percentage of working-age people in the workforce, also dropped to 63.5%, the lowest in 30 years.
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Unemployment dropped to 1.8%, the lowest in more than a century.
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Following their 2-0 Test series defeat in India, Australia dropped to fifth in the Test rankings, their lowest position since ratings were introduced in 2003.
The National Association of Realtors said its Pending Home Sales Index, based on contracts signed in November, dropped 4% to 82.3, the lowest since the series started in 2001.
Monthly inflation dropped in July to 0.7%, its lowest figure since 1990.
The delinquency rate on credit card accounts dropped during the second quarter of 2012 to one of its lowest levels since 1994.
The four-week moving average dropped 8, 250 to 351, 750, representing the the lowest level since March 2008.
Even more worrying, consumer expectations dropped to 47 from 49.4, once again marking its lowest level since May 1980.
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The recent run of results have dropped Australia to fifth in the ICC's Test rankings , the lowest they have been since the system was introduced in 2003.
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