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Stocks maintain losing streak after Fed survey shows mixed economic picture.
Economic worries weigh on stocks in early trading; Indexes have dropped 5 weeks in a row.
While pessimism has been on the rise amid data pointing toward an easing of the U.S. economic recovery, analysts said a slowdown was not altogether unexpected, as measures taken by various governments to cope with the 2008 financial crisis were winding down.
U.S. non-farm payrolls increased by 54,000 in May, the weakest reading since September, while the jobless rate rose to 9.1 percent
The central government deficit, which does not include the social security system or regional government accounts, stood at 0.22 percent of gross domestic product January to April, or 2.45 billion euros.
Financial stability could be endangered if the mechanism for helping out parts of a banking group in different countries became too automated, leaving little room for supervisory discretion.