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		<title><![CDATA[Economy Bottomed Out -Bank Policymakers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Britain has gone through the worst of the recession and should return to growth in the fourth quarter, although there is "still a lot of work to do," two Bank of England policymakers said in newspaper interviews published on Friday.The central bank's Deputy Governor Charles Bean...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:46:31 -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[Do Policymakers Want a Weak Dollar?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The value of the dollar against other world currencies is hovering around a 15 month low.  And it doesn't matter whether the analysis comes from the left or the right: policymakers really want a weak dollar, despite lip service to the contrary. by Stefan Deeran]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:34:47 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Consider 'Pull' Rather Than 'Push' for the Auto Industry]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F106259-consider-pull-rather-than-push-for-the-auto-industry%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Diane Lim Rogers submits:  Nice cartoon by Drew Sheneman (for the Star-Ledger, click on image to enlarge), and good article in yesterday&#8217;s Washington Post by Steven Mufson on the auto industry and the dilemma faced by federal policymakers in considering whether and how to help.  by Diane Lim Rogers]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:33:56 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[World Tonight: Expert warning]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE UK is entering a recession that could last more than a year, a former Bank of England policymaker warned today. Professor Charles Goodhart, a previous member of the Bank's rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee, said that the economic recovery may not begin until 2010.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[World Tonight: No let-up on inflation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[INFLATION figures were adding to the headache faced by Bank of England policymakers today.  Pressure from soaring oil, food and energy prices will have pushed Consumer Prices Index inflation to 3.6% in June, say most economists.  This is even higher than the 3.3% registered in May.  This...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Interest rate cuts 'unlikely']]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOMEOWNERS and businesses hoping for an interest rate cut as are unlikely to gain any cheer from Bank of England policymakers today.  Fears over rising inflation mean the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee MPC is likely to leave borrowing costs unchanged at 5% for a third month.  The "hold"...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US new home sales fall as Fed mulls interest rates]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; A government survey Wednesday showed sales of new homes tumbled 2.5 percent across the United States in May amid unsettled economic times, as Federal Reserve policymakers deliberated over interest rates.  A monthly Commerce Department report said that new home sales declined to a seasonally adjusted pace...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fed seeking finely tuned message to ward off inflation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; Federal Reserve policymakers open a two-day meeting Tuesday looking for a new message to keep inflation expectations in check, without having to boost interest rates, economists say.  The US central bank headed by chairman Ben Bernanke finds itself in a tough spot, with the US economy...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bank holds fire]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6783/is_2008_June_5/ai_n28530473]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BANK of England policymakers are today expected to vote against a cut in interest rates as concerns over soaring inflation outweigh gathering economic gloom.  A flurry of worrying news on the UK economy is not thought to be enough to prompt the Bank's nine-strong Monetary Policy Committee MPC to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Using data to make the case on Capitol Hill.(CAPITOL VIEW)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6388/is_200805/ai_n25556166]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DURING ACTE'S NATIONAL POLICY SEMINAR NPS IN MARCH, I was  hurriedly walking through the halls of Congress on my way to our next  event when I overheard a group of health care advocates discussing the  tactics they would use during their next office visit. Spring is a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Interest cuts]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6783/is_2008_April_10/ai_n28511756]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BANK of England policymakers cut interest rates to 5% today in the latest attempt to shore up the economy in the face of a deepening credit crisis.  The quarter-point cut is the third since December and comes amid signs of gathering economic gloom, with figures earlier this week showing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[National briefs: Rates' debate]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6784/is_2008_April_9/ai_n28511173]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BANK of England policymakers will today begin their two-day deliberations on interest rates amid gathering signs of economic gloom. The Bank's Monetary Policy Committee is widely expected to announce a cut in the cost of borrowing by a quarter point to 5% tomorrow. It would be the third rates reduction...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fed staff see first half economic &#39;contraction&#39;]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200804/ai_n25134346]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; Federal Reserve staff predict the US economy will contract in the first half of 2008 amid worsening housing market and credit woes, minutes from a central bank meeting revealed Tuesday.  Such a downturn would be defined as a recession by most economists. Moreover, some policymakers at...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Relief for the environment? The importance of an increasingly unimportant industrial sector]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5814/is_2_46/ai_n29430352]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I. INTRODUCTION  Among the more controversial views about economic growth and globalization is that both will eventually benefit the environment (Arrow et al. 1995). In part, this view is predicated on the nature of structural changes that are normally associated with trade liberalization and economic development. More specifically, economic...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bear necessities.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5929/is_200803/ai_n25284330]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The sale of Bear Sterns, the US's fifth-biggest investment  bank, to JP Morgan at a knock-down price last week, has sparked global  fears of a return to a 1930s-style economic meltdown. However,  ironically, by stepping in to bail out the financial markets from their  excesses, policymakers...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How the U.S. can avoid a fiscal wreck]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmusa/is_200803/ai_n24388041]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A growing number of people believe that we could be heading for a recession, if we are not already in one. In response, Congress has passed an economic stimulus plan, the Federal Reserve has cut the discount rate and the Bush administration has moved to try to steady the housing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Britain&#39;s Brown sets out plan to fix global financial system]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200801/ai_n21212184]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON AFP &#8212; British Prime Minister Gordon Brown set out his plan to reform the international financial system and restore stability to markets around the world in a Financial Times comment piece Friday.  Writing as hundreds of policymakers and business leaders were gathered in Davos, Switzerland for the World...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Regulators focusing on advisers' commission not their role: study.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5929/is_200801/ai_n23839983]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The role of the adviser as persuader and educator is often  overlooked by regulators and policymakers, according to a  new analysis  by Fidelity.    Peter Hicks, head of the IFA channel for Fidelity International,  said regulators and policymakers concentrated on the types of products...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Call to cut rates]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6783/is_2008_Jan_9/ai_n28480433]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[THE Bank of England policymakers began their two-day meeting on interest rates today amid calls for a cut in borrowing costs.  Retailers smarting from their worst Christmas in three years have urged the Bank's nine-strong Monetary Policy Committee to ease pres sure on consumers hit by higher mortgage bills....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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