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		<title>US Fed holds interest rates at record low</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Federal Reserve decided to leave interest rates unchanged, saying the current recovery will not result in rampant inflation, the board announced Wednesday. The central bank kept the target range for its federal funds at between zero per cent and one-quarter of one percentage point, a record low level for the benchmark rate. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fall in US jobless claims brings hope</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fewer US workers made first-time claims for jobless benefits last week, giving hope that accelerating economic growth would soon translate into job creation, official figures showed on Thursday. Initial jobless claims fell by 11,000 to 448,000, according to the Department of Labor. Analysts were hoping for a bigger fall, but the decline brought claims to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fed: Trim Deficit or Economy Will Be Hurt</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Failing to curb federal budget deficits would do &#8220;great damage&#8221; to the U.S. economy in the long run, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned Tuesday. Bernanke again urged the White House and Congress to come up with a credible plan to reduce the nation&#8217;s red ink, which hit a record $1.4 trillion last year. Failing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leading Economic Indicators Index rises 1.4%</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The index of U.S. leading indicators rose in March by the most in 10 months, a sign the economy will keep growing into the second half of the year. The 1.4 percent increase in the New York-based Conference Board&#8217;s measure of the outlook for three to six months was more than anticipated and followed a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interest rates rise on improved economic signals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interest rates rose in the bond market Wednesday after a range of reports signaled that the economy is recovering. Prices on most Treasurys fell, driving yields higher. Demand for safety holdings like Treasurys fell after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the economy is recovering. Economic reports and improved quarterly earnings at chipmaker Intel Corp. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moderate US Economic Growth Likely in 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Jeffrey Lacker said the U.S. economy will probably expand at a moderate pace for the rest of this year as spending by consumers and businesses picks up. The Labor Department’s report of 162,000 jobs added to payrolls in March was the “most encouraging sign” yet of a recovery, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recovery to remain sluggish into 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pillars of Americans&#8217; financial security — jobs and home values — will stay shaky well into 2011. The findings of the new Economy Survey, released Monday, point to an economic recovery that will move slowly and fitfully this year and next. As a result, the Federal Reserve will be forced to keep interest rates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sales of New U.S. Homes Dropped to Lowest on Record</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sales of new homes in the U.S. unexpectedly fell in February to a record low as blizzards, unemployment and foreclosures depressed the market. Purchases decreased 2.2 percent to an annual pace of 308,000, figures from the Commerce Department showed today in Washington. The median sales price climbed by the most in more than two years. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revised deficit is $3.4 billion lower than forecast</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buoyed by an improving economy that has reduced the projected deficit by $3.4 billion, Finance Minister Dwight Duncan will announce new social spending in the provincial budget. “We’re in the springtime of recovery,” an uncharacteristically ebullient Duncan told reporters Wednesday against the hopeful backdrop of construction at Ryerson University. “I am pleased to inform you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A look at global economic developments</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sinking euro and a downgrade of Portugal&#8217;s debt put renewed pressure on European leaders to come up with a bailout plan for Greece and stem the government debt crisis undermining their shared currency. But agreement remained elusive as a Thursday summit approached. Markets increasingly expect any bailout for Greece to involve the International Monetary [...]]]></description>
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