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Commodities prices continue a weeklong slide

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Commodities prices ended broadly lower Friday as weakness in corporate earnings reports dimmed the outlook for the U.S. economy.

The government reported a slight pickup in U.S. economic growth for the third quarter Friday, to 2 percent from 1.3 percent in the second quarter, but that’s still not fast enough to make a dent in the unemployment rate, which currently stands at 7.8 percent.

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