Overall police numbers hit a nine-year low in 2012, due to tighter budget constraints slowing recruitment.
Wednesday's losses represented a new five-year low and the third largest single-day decline ever.
Prices closed nearer the session high after hitting another fresh 1.5-year low early on.
Especially since mortgage application to buy a house have sunk back to a 15 year low.
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The four-week average, a less volatile measure, plummeted 16, 000 to 342, 250, close to a five-year low.
Growth in the UK slumped to a two-year low in the last three months of 2000.
Emotions were less frayed Tuesday as gold rebounded well off its overnight two-plus-year low.
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Meantime, France's PMI rose to 44.2 in April, from a four-year low in March.
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Now the euro is taking a battering, hitting a four-year low against the dollar.
U.S. Carbon dioxide emissions are also at a 20-year low thanks to natural gas.
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The main Athens index fell by 10% over two days, to a 20-year low.
The Conference Board's index of consumer confidence improved during the month from a nine-year low.
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Still, the index is near the 28-year low of the 56.4 reading given in 1980.
Last year, the value of initial offerings in Hong Kong fell to a four-year low.
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The Dow has more than doubled since hitting a 12-year low in March 2009.
In notable economic news this week, new claims for unemployment benefits dropped to a 3.5-year low.
Asian stock markets were routed last week, with Hong Kong falling to a three-year low.
Will such sales push the gold price, already near a 20-year low, yet lower?
One reason is that thermal-coal prices are near a three-year low as Chinese demand has slackened.
Corporate profits are at record levels, and the unemployment rate is at a 30-year low.
The number of newly constructed homes is actually hovering near a 50 year low.
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Consumer confidence also tumbled to a seven-year low, according to figures from the Conference Board.
The Shanghai stockmarket, which has plumbed a three-year low, reflects this sense of weakness.
May silver futures prices closed nearer the session low and careened to a fresh 2.5-year low Monday.
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The percentage of American households with individual life insurance policies has hit a 50-year low of 44%.
Now, the unemployment rate in March in the U.S. fell to a four-year low of 7.6 percent.
The Fed has raised its core rate 17 times since mid-2004, from a 45-year low of 1%.
Thus, the dollar was sold to a new multi-year low and stocks were pushed to new highs.
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It warned that weak sales in its first quarter dropped its operating profits to a two-year low.
This was a 26-year low for the index, showing that manufacturing has virtually screeched to a halt.
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