Nevertheless, the four-week moving average of jobless claims fell by nearly 6, 000, to 375, 000, still a multi-year low and still below the critical level of 400, 000.
What I know for sure is that the Iraqi security forces will reach the critical mass level where we have turned the tide around and the insurgents and the terrorists are on the run and we are chasing them.
Prof Edgerton speculated that "we are activating the spinal cord to a critical level" close to the level which would trigger movement, and a small signal from "the brain pushes it over" leading to movement.
On the European Union debt crisis front, an Italian bond auction was well-subscribed Tuesday, but yields were still at or above the critical 7% level that is deemed in the danger zone for credit default.
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The yield on the 10-year government bond fell just below the critical 7% level to 6.99%, according to Tradeweb, well off the euro-era high of 7.17% reached on Monday.
There are rising Italian and Spanish bond yields, with Spanish yields above the critical 6% level.
There were rising Italian and Spanish bond yields Monday, with Spanish yields above the critical 6% level.
Italian bond yields have declined below the critical 7% level, after last week trading above that key level.
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Meantime, Spanish bonds are trading back above the critical 6% level as a major Spanish bank is in trouble.
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Italian bond yields have declined below the critical 7% level Friday, after trading above that level earlier this week.
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However, the Spanish 10-year bond yield, at 5.33%, is still below the critical 6% level that is deemed a danger point.
Meanwhile, Spanish and Italian borrowing costs continued to rise to unsustainable levels Monday, with Spain's 10-year bond topping the critical 7% level.
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In overnight news, Spanish 10-year bond yields poked above the critical 6% level Thursday, as the European Union sovereign debt crisis continues to fester.
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The European Union financial and sovereign debt crisis was ratcheted up yet another notch Thursday when bond yields in Spain pushed above the critical 7% level.
The European Union financial and sovereign debt crisis was ratcheted up yet another notch overnight when bond yields in Spain pushed above the critical 7% level.
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The European Union financial and sovereign debt crisis has heated up again as European bond yields are rising, including Italian bonds moving above the critical 7% level Tuesday.
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But government officials say there are no plans to raise it to the highest level of critical, and they do not expect to see an imminent wave of arrests.
While at this point the impact of the events in Egypt will likely be just a temporary blip on the price action of this pair, the euro is at a critical level and heading into next week, traders will want to watch market sentiment closely to see if the area around 1.3500 can hold as support or if losses toward 1.3400 are in store.
Immediate reaction to the announcement has generally been critical, with low level specs being the main complaint.
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As I have mentioned in this space during the past couple of weeks, the VIX is trading at a critical level--just above its 80-week moving average and around the highs of 2007-2008.
Linking shared data at the customer-level is critical for effective targeting and personalization of marketing efforts.
While I am a strong believer in the flywheel principal as a general practice, there are also times when radical change is in fact the critical element needed to move a company to the next level of success.
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While many professional soldiers feel that an Army with the five brigades, the force established under the Coalition government's Strategic Defence and Security Review (the SDSR), has sunk below a critical level, I would argue that they have probably got off the lightest of the three services.
The current terror threat level has been classed severe - one level lower than the highest "critical" - since 14 August 2006.
What for me is ultimately one of the most critical pieces in all of this discussion is that the level of intolerance for misogyny, racism, homophobia, abuse and much more online seems to be finally reaching a boiling point for many, especially women.
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The programme, broadcast on Tuesday, shows how the Moffett murder and a high-level police investigation have brought the UVF to a critical juncture between disbandment and further violence.
That's NPR's Guy Raz in London, where the threat level has been downgraded from critical to severe.
By 2020 the federal debt, which is now 60% of GDP, will exceed the 90% level, which economists Ken Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart view as the critical value needed to spark a financial crisis.
An infrastructure bank is unprecedented on the municipal level, and may become a critical model for how cities pay for new building.
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