1.   The weekly claims numbers are now running at the highest level since April.

2.   A CBI survey out today shows British exports to Europe are at their lowest level since April.

3.   The Bank of England has cut the base rate by one per cent to eight per cent, its lowest level since June nineteen eighty-eight.

4.   Confidence is now at its highest level since June last year.

5.   Along the eastern flank of the storm, balmy winds from the south will raise readings in the Middle Atlantic and Ohio Valley to their highest levels since November.

6.   And with German unemployment at the highest level since World War II, they are unlikely to rise anytime soon.

7.   ARGENTINE shares plunged to their lowest level since May, led by steel producers, after a study indicated industrial growth could be slowing.

8.   As a percentage of the overall economy it is at its lowest level since World War II.

9.   Blue-chip stocks surged in heavy trading to their highest level since October.

10.   Bond prices rallied Friday, ending a three-day slide that sent interest rates to their highest levels since August.