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The number of new listings weekly unemployment has never been this low since mid-2008 the United States. During the week ended December 26, 432,000 cases were filed, against 452,000 the previous week, according to figures released Thursday in Washington.

This new statistic goes against the expectations of analysts. The consensus of economists polled by Reuters had expected an upward effect on new registrations to 460,000.

The downward trend observed since the spring is thus confirmed, after two weeks of increases observed in early December.

• The quarterly results season starts
• Wall Street ended the week in negative territory
• The euro continued its rebound against the dollar
• U.S. growth revised down again
• The CAC 40 should remain cautious before the Brussels summit