The nine most important economics charts of the week

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The US created 295,000 jobs last month.

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Speaking of jobs, Ireland’s jobless rate is lower than France’s for the first time since 2008.

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Euro zone economic growth is puttering along nicely

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…and retail sales there are growing at their fastest rate in nearly a decade.

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The Federal Reserve’s preferred core inflation measure is holding steady, even if the headline number is falling.

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South Korea’s trade surplus is the highest it’s even been in some time as imports plummeted

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US crude oil stockpiles continue to climb to record highs, setting off worries about a storage shortage.

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The Central Bank of Brazil hiked interest rates

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…though the real continues to weaken, reaching its lowest point in 10 years against the US dollar

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