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Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Deborah Kostroun reports on the performance of the U.S. equity market today. U.S. stocks gained, extending a weekly advance, after the unemployment rate unexpectedly declined and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, in an interview with Bloomberg's Al Hunt, said the job market may improve further as economic growth strengthens. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Daniel Fuss, vice chairman of Loomis Sayles & Co., talks with Bloomberg's Matt Miller and Carol Massar about the outlook for U.S. Treasuries. Fuss also discusses the impact of today's jobs report showing the U.S. unemployment rate fell in November on the bond market. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Allen Sinai, chief economist at Decision Economics Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Lori Rothman about the possible impact of Federal Reserve interest rate increases on the U.S. economy. Sinai also discusses today's report showing the country's unemployment rate declined in November. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Matthew Rubel, chief executive officer of Collective Brands Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Margaret Brennan about the outlook for the jobs market and consumer demand. ¶ Employers in the U.S. cut the fewest jobs in November since the recession began and the unemployment rate unexpectedly fell, signaling the recovery is lifting the labor market out of the worst slump since World War II. Collective Brands is the Kansas owner of several footwear chains, including Payless. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Philip Orlando, chief equity market strategist at Federated Investors, talks with Bloomberg's Margaret Brennan about the impact of the labor market on consumer spending this holiday season. Payrolls fell by 11,000 workers in November, less than the most optimistic forecast among economists surveyed by Bloomberg News, figures from the Labor Department showed today in Washington. The jobless rate declined to 10 percent. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Tony Crescenzi, a strategist at Pacific Investment Management Co., talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu, Jon Erlichman and Adam Johnson about the outlook for U.S. inflation. Crescenzi also discusses the November employment report released today that showed payrolls fell by 11,000 and the jobless rate declining to 10 percent. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Tom Brown, chief executive officer of Second Curve Capital LLC, talks with Bloomberg’s Betty Liu about the outlook for credit costs to banks and the impact of banks' increased capital requirements on credit availability for small businesses. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Christina Romer, chairman of the White House's Council of Economic Advisers, talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu about the November U.S. employment report released by the Labor Department today. Payrolls fell by 11,000 workers last month, less than the most optimistic forecast among economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. The jobless rate declined to 10 percent. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Robert Carnell, chief international economist at ING Financial Markets, talks with Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu about the outlook for the the U.S. November employment report. Carnell also discusses President Barack Obama's jobs summit at the White House yesterday. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Price, president of MFP Investors LLC, discusses the outlook for investing in bank stocks and outlook for the banking industry. (This is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Ellen Zentner, senior U.S. economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu about the November U.S. employment report released today. Payrolls fell by 11,000 workers in November, the fewest jobs cut since the recession began, figures from the Labor Department showed. The unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 10 percent from 10.2 percent in October. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Richard Hoey, chief economist at Bank of New York Mellon Corp., and John Brady, senior vice president at MF Global Ltd., talk with Bloomberg's Matt Miller and Carol Massar about the outlook for the U.S. labor market. Hoey says he sees a "slowing of layoffs" even though he is not seeing a "pickup" in new hiring. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- David Resler, chief U.S. economist at Nomura Securities, talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu, Jon Erlichman and Adam Johnson about U.S. jobless claims for the week ended Nov. 28 and the outlook for tomorrow's release of the November employment report. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Jan Hatzius, chief U.S. economist at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., and his team are the most accurate among 65 forecasters over four quarters through June 2009, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Hatzius is also No. 1 among forecasters of U.S. gross domestic product and No. 2 among prognosticators of unemployment and of moves in the Federal Reserve’s target for the fed funds rate. Bloomberg's Monica Bertran reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Economy.com, and John Challenger, CEO at placement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., talk with Bloomberg's Carol Massar and Matt Miller about the outlook for the labor market. Zandi says the labor market is "absolutely" improving although it needs to move "more quickly" in the right direction. (This is an excerpt from the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Economy.com, talks with Bloomberg's Carol Massar about the outlook for the U.S. labor market. Companies in the U.S. cut more jobs than forecast in November, indicating the labor market will be slow to mend as the economy strengthens, a private report based on payroll data showed. (This is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Deborah Kostroun reports on the performance of the U.S. equity market today. Most U.S. stocks rose for a third day after the Federal Reserve said the economy is improving and gains in metal prices lifted raw-material producers, overshadowing declines in energy companies and banks. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Norbert Ore, chairman of the Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing business survey committee, talks with Bloomberg's Lori Rothman and Mark Crumpton about the November U.S. manufacturing report. Manufacturing in the country expanded for a fourth consecutive month, putting factories at the forefront of the economic recovery. The ISM manufacturing index fell to 53.6, lower than forecast, from October's three-year high of 55.7, according to the Tempe, Arizona-based group. Readings above 50 signal expansion. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index fell to 53.6, lower than forecast, from October’s three-year high of 55.7, according to the Tempe, Arizona-based group. Readings above 50 signal expansion. Bloomberg's Margaret Brennan reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Abhi Talwalkar, chief executive officer of LSI Corp., talks with Bloomberg's Margaret Brennan about business spending on technology. Talwalker also discusses LSI's growth strategy and the outlook for the technology industry. (Source: Bloomberg)