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		<title><![CDATA[Recession to leave permanent scars]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ On a blustery November morning at an airfield outside London, an enormous second-hand car auction is buzzing. Demand is so great that average prices have risen 27 per cent over the past year. "The turnround started in January and we haven't looked back since," says Tim Naylor of British...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IMF Chief Says Global Economy in Holding Pattern]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Fiona ShaikhLONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - The global economy is in a holding pattern and vulnerable to more upheaval, and a lasting recovery will depend on policymakers taking the proper steps in coming months, the head of the IMF said on Monday.Rich countries' top priority should be planning to clean up...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:45:38 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Economy in Holding Pattern - IMF Chief]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - The global economy is in a holding pattern and vulnerable to more upheaval, the head of the IMF said on Monday, adding a lasting recovery will depend on policymakers taking the proper steps in the coming months.Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the International Monetary Fund's managing director, said the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:00:36 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IMF Australia Targets 15% Profit Growth]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Litigation funder IMF Australia Ltd has reaffirmed its guidance of up to 15 per cent profit growth in the current financial year.At the company's annual general meeting in Perth on Friday, chairman Rob Ferguson said net profit was expected to be between $20 million and $24 million in 2009/2010.Net...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:31:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IMF Warns G20 Off Cutting Economic Support Too Fast]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sumeet Desai and Jan StrupczewskiST ANDREWS, Scotland (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - The International Monetary Fund warned global financial leaders on Friday not to repeat the mistakes of the Great Depression and choke off emergency support for their economies too quickly.In a document prepared for a meeting of Group of 20 finance...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[India purchase adds to bullion price surge]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Gold extended its record- breaking run yesterday, pushing towards the $1,100- an-ounce level following Tuesday's news that India's central bank had bought 200 tonnes of bullion from the International Monetary Fund.Gold hit a record $1,095.40 a troy ounce, up 3.4 per cent since the news from India broke, and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[India Prefers Gold Over Paper, As Developed Economies Pile On Debt]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Reserve Bank of India RBI, the country's central bank, announced it bought 200 metric tons of gold, worth $6.7 billion, from the International Monetary Fund IMF. It's a good-sized purchase in the world of gold, but in wealth terms not that big a deal, even for a so-called emerging...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:01:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Canada Back in a Housing Bubble?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Earnings Call ExcerptWednesday&rsquo;s release of the Teranet-National Bank National Composite House Price Index shows a vigorous gain of 2% in Canadian resale house prices from July to August. The national house price index based on six cities has now risen four straight months (and likely will show further increases...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:54:45 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Does Turkey Need IMF Anchor?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Economist&#8217;s latest article on Turkey, it&#8217;s not a question but rather a settled argument.     The article expends some generic language on how the Turkish economy has been influenced negatively by the current global crisis and how the country may be vulnerable to a...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[World Bank denies committing $10 bln. for S.E. Asia standby facility]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 Kyodo  The World Bank on Wednesday denied it has committed $10 billion  for a standby facility specifically to assist Southeast Asian  countries facing severe liquidity problems amid the global financial  crisis, as Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo had suggested  earlier the same day....]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[G20 examines slowing world economy, inflation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[RIO DE JANEIRO AFP &#8212; Officials from the G20 group of industrialized and developing nations wrapped up a weekend meeting here Sunday that examined the effects of slowing world economic growth and climbing inflation, participants told reporters.  "We are looking at how to face inflationary pressures and growth problems,"...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Losing the global development war; a contemporary critique of the IMF, the World Bank, and the WTO]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0QLQ/is_2008_August/ai_n28044207]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Losing the global development war; a contemporary critique of the IMF, the World Bank, and the WTO.  Head, John W.  BRILL  2008  344 pages  $65.00  Paperback  HG1975  Writing for a general readership, Head (international and comparative law, U. of Kansas) offers a...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Inflation in some countries &#39;getting out of control&#39;: IMF chief]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOYAKO, Japan AFP &#8212; Inflation in some emerging countries "is getting out of control" and higher interest rates may be required to rein in prices, International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Wednesday.  Inflation is now the biggest threat to the global economy, he told reporters on the sidelines...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Future IMF chief economist &#39;relatively&#39; upbeat on global economy]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200805/ai_n25459014]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; The International Monetary Fund's future chief economist, Frenchman Olivier Blanchard, says he is "relatively optimistic" about the global economy, despite a financial crisis and surging oil prices.  "I am relatively optimistic," Blanchard said Tuesday in a phone interview with AFP after being named the top IMF...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IMF official says China quake won&#39;t have major economic impact]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO AFP &#8212; Southwest China's massive earthquake is unlikely to have a big impact on the country's strong economic growth, a senior official at the International Monetary Fund said.  "We don't think it the quake is going to have a major impact," Daniel Citrin, deputy director of the IMF's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. House passes debt relief]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Religious leaders praised me U.S. House of Representatives for passing the Jubilee Act, which pushes the Treasury Department to seek debt cancellation agreements with 24 countries.  The bill, which passed 285-132 with broad bipartisan support April 16, targets countries that need their debts canceled to meet the United Nations'...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Capital Briefs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3827/is_20080421/ai_n25417498]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[* A MATTER OFTRUST: No matter what the outcome of the critical Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary April 22, the rancorous nomination battle with Barack Obama appears to have taken its toll on Hillary Clinton. According to a just-completed Washington Post/ABC News poll, only 39% of voters nationwide consider the New...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[WTO head wants World Bank, IMF to refocus on food supply]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON AFP &#8212; The head of the World Trade Organisation, Pascal Lamy, called on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to take action to help tackle rising food prices in an interview Saturday.  The surging price of basic foods like rice, wheat and corn in some of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Food crisis moves up global agenda at IMF, WBank meets]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200804/ai_n25158731]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; Rising food prices and their threat to political stability and development gains captured the attention of world economic leaders meeting here, with a call to arms launched by the World Bank.  The issue steadily gained prominence during the International Monetary Fund and World Bank spring meetings...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[World economic leaders act to counter financial, food crises]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200804/ai_n25158489]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; World economic leaders here this weekend took steps to alleviate the worst financial shock in decades and a food price crisis that is sparking deadly unrest in developing countries.  In three days of meetings that ended Sunday, finance ministers and central bankers grappled with the credit...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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