The latest unemployment numbers showed modest job growth, with the Labor Department reporting weekly jobless claims down by 2000 last week, to a seasonally adjusted 370, 000.

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The Mortgage Bankers Association is reporting a drop in weekly mortgage applications due to a jump in mortgage rates.

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The Labor Department is reporting a spike in weekly jobless claims, up 28, 000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 385, 000.

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Meanwhile, the Mortgage Bankers Association is reporting an increase in weekly mortgage applications in the first week of the year.

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The Mortgage Bankers Association is reporting a 6.2 percent increase in weekly mortgage applications last week, as interest rates dropped to new lows.

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Meanwhile, the Mortgage Bankers Association is reporting a 0.2 percent decline in weekly mortgage applications last week, while refinancing activity edged up by 0.8 percent.

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The Mortgage Bankers Association is reporting a 4.3 percent decline in weekly mortgage applications last week, as demand for refinancing dropped for the fourth week in a row.

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The Labor Department is reporting a gain of 21, 000 in weekly jobless claims last week, to a seasonally adjusted 377, 000, while economists had expected claims to rise to 370, 000.

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After a spell on Radio 4's The World At One, Kirsty moved to television in 1983 - working as a producer on Reporting Scotland and later producing and presenting the current affairs weekly Seven Days.

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