The share price of all three companies rose to record levels.

At least not on the level recorded by the police.

Unemployment rose to record levels of more than 20 percent, double the figure when the crisis started in 1999.

But it then rose to record levels as Japanese companies adjusted cost structures.

Dealers continued to monitor the price of oil, which jumped to record levels.

Last year, profits as a share of national income were at the highest level ever recorded.

Smog rose to record levels in many cities during last summer's heat wave.

In Canada unemployment fell to record low levels of 3.9%

Since the 1970s, in common with the rest of the industrial world, it has fallen to its lowest level ever recorded.

Congress abolished it, and the stock market climbed to record levels in the opening days of the new year.