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		<title>Fed expects economy to keep improving</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 19:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve has a more optimistic outlook for the U.S. economy, according to meeting minutes released Wednesday, but the central bank is still debating how to shrink its massive balance sheet. 
The Fed now expects U.S. gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic activity, to increase at an annual rate of between 3.2% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ECB Declines Comment On Currency Market Speculation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 19:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Central Bank Wednesday declined to comment on financial market speculation that the ECB and other major central banks are preparing to intervene in the foreign-exchange markets to prop up the flagging euro. 
The talk comes as traders circulate a report from a U.S. think-tank reportedly noting that the Group of Seven leading industrial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emerging-Market Stocks, Currencies Slump on Recovery Concern</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 06:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emerging-market stocks headed for their worst week in 14 months and currencies slumped on concern Europe’s debt crisis will slow the global economic recovery and push up borrowing costs for governments worldwide.
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index dropped 1.8 percent to 935.17 by 10:40 a.m. in Hong Kong, extending this week’s retreat to 8.3 percent, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gold stays lower after drop in US jobless claims</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gold futures stayed lower early on Thursday after the government reported a drop in U.S. jobless claims in the latest week. Gold for June delivery was recently down $5.40, or 0.4%, to $1,166.40 an ounce. The precious metal came under pressure as the euro single currency stabilized versus a broadly lower U.S. dollar on hopes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IMF Backs Inflow Tax to Counter Currency Pressure</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Monetary Fund supports the adoption of a tax on capital inflows to stem the excessive appreciation of currencies in some Latin American economies, said Nicolas Eyzaguirre, the director of the fund’s Western Hemisphere department.
Latin American economies should consider “carefully designed” taxes to avoid volatility in their currency markets, he said. The taxes would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US government redesigns $100 bills</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington &#8211; In an effort to make it more difficult to counterfeit money, the US government has redesigned the $100 bill, adding new security features.
The blue 3-D Security Ribbon on the front of the new $100 note contains images of bells and 100s that move and change from one to the other as you tilt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US dollar edges higher in Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. dollar rose slightly against the major currencies in Asian trade yesterday as investors awaited a speech by the U.S. Federal Reserve chief while monitoring the lingering Greek debt crisis.
The euro fell to US$1.3471 in Tokyo afternoon trade from US$1.3487 in New York late Monday, but firmed to 124.81 yen from 124.58 yen. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US appoints Brainard top financial diplomat</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lael Brainard won Senate confirmation on Tuesday as the Treasury Department&#8217;s top financial diplomat, giving her a key role in U.S. efforts to persuade China to adopt a more flexible currency.
The Senate gave its blessing on a 78-19 vote, a day after Brainard, who served in the Clinton White House, cleared a Republican procedural hurdle.
Nineteen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European markets pare losses after US open</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[European stock markets found new support Monday, sharply reducing earlier losses as mixed trading in the U.S. tempered worry over the broader implications for banks from the U.S. fraud case against investment bank Goldman Sachs and the impact on airlines from the Iceland volcano.
London&#8217;s FTSE 100 and France&#8217;s CAC-40 were down 0.1 and 0.3 percent, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goldman Sachs Fraud Allegations Affects Financial Markets</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Fraud Allegations Affects Currency and Financial Markets.  Recently news broke that the SEC is accusing Goldman Sachs of fraud because of some of their positions in various subprime mortgage holdings.
Currently, Goldman Sach’s claims that the SEC’s charges are unfounded and untrue.  The SEC maintains that the company misstated and misquoted information [...]]]></description>
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