B.T. <b.t.hand...@gmail.com>

Unemployment rate inches up to 9.5%, which is higher, but a tad less
than expected. Hourly earnings stayed flat, and new jobless claims is
still over 600K. Overall I'd say this is some nasty data, but I really
did expect the unemployment rate to be worse than expected... we'll
see how the markets take this all in. Flat earnings points to
deflation though... watch the dollar today.