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		<title>US Short term interest rates turn negative</title>
		<link>http://stockpreacher.com/2009/11/20/us-short-term-interest-rates-turn-negative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[US Short term interest rates turned negative Thursday as banks stockpiled government securities in order to polish their balance sheets for the end of the year. The growing appetite for short-term government debt reflects an effort by banks to present pristine year-end balance sheets to regulators and investors, a practice  known as “window dressing” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The US Fed leaves benchmark interest rate unchanged</title>
		<link>http://stockpreacher.com/2009/09/24/the-us-fed-leaves-benchmark-interest-rate-unchanged/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Federal Reserved Wednesday decided to leave a Key interest rate at a record low in an effort to foster economy recovery world wide. Wrapping a two-day meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) said in a statement that it will maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 0.25%, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US$ falls against major currencies</title>
		<link>http://stockpreacher.com/2009/09/23/us-falls-against-major-currencies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The USD pulled back against major currencies Tuesday on profit-taking and speculations on US Federal Reserve meeting.  The Fed began its two-day monetary policy meeting Tuesday and will announce rate decisions today. The central bank is widely expected to leave Key rates unchanged at historic low level, and its statement after the meeting would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil climbs above US$72 as US stockpiles slip</title>
		<link>http://stockpreacher.com/2009/09/17/oil-climbs-above-us72-bbl-as-us-stockpiles-slip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>boss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crude Oil prices broke above US$72 a barrel Wednesday after a US government report showed a bigger than expected decline in Crude Oil inventories. NYMEX crude rose US$1.58 to settle at US$72.51bbl, adding to Tuesday&#8217;s gain of UD$2.07, while ICE Brent rose US$1.81 to US$71.67.The gain came after the US Energy Information Administration reported that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bernanke says US economic recession &#8220;very likely over&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://stockpreacher.com/2009/09/16/bernanke-says-us-economic-recession-very-likely-over/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that the country&#8217;s economic recession is very likely over at this point. More and more data showed that the world largest economy is pulling out of the worst recession since the 1930s. Bernanke admitted that in responding to questions at the Washington based think-tank Brookings Institution. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US debt markets show signs of better health</title>
		<link>http://stockpreacher.com/2009/09/03/us-debt-markets-show-signs-of-better-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The revival of markets for bonds backed by auto and credit card debts is expected to be underscored today when the US Federal Reserve reveals details of its latest loans to investors in asset-backed securities. The Fed offers cheap funding every month to investors in such bonds under its term asset-backed securities loan facility (Talf), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US President Obama taps Bernanke for 2nd term as US Fed Chief</title>
		<link>http://stockpreacher.com/2009/08/25/us-president-obama-taps-bernanke-for-2nd-term-as-us-fed-chief/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[US President Barack Obama will nominate Ben Bernanke to a 2nd term as Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Tuesday, keeping him on the job of guiding the world&#8217;s largest economy out of its deepest downturn since the Great Depression. Bernanke, whose appointment to a new, four-year term as head of the US central bank [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fed Buys US$7.54 B of Debt to Cut Borrowing Costs</title>
		<link>http://stockpreacher.com/2009/04/04/fed-buys-us754-b-of-debt-to-cut-borrowing-costs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Federal Reserve bought US$7.541B of Treasuries in its second outright purchase of U.S. government debt in three days as part of the central bank’s efforts to lower consumer borrowing rates. The majority of the purchase was US$5.625B of the 1.375B note due March 15, 2012, that was issued this month. Seven of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greenspan says banks should not become too big</title>
		<link>http://stockpreacher.com/2009/04/02/greenspan-says-banks-should-not-become-too-big/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan recommends graduated capital requirements for banks to cut back their size. 
&#8220;New regulatory challenges arise because of the recently proven fact that some financial institutions have become too big to fail as their failure would raise systemic concerns,&#8221; he writes in Friday&#8217;s Financial Times.&#8221;The solution is to have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hot topic: US Consumer Credit falls more than expected in December 2008</title>
		<link>http://stockpreacher.com/2009/02/10/hot-topic-us-consumer-credit-falls-more-than-expected-in-december-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[US consumer borrowing fell for a 3rd  straight month in December, the longest continuous period  in 17 yrs, as households cut spending amid this steep recession and rising job layoffs. The US Federal Reserve said that consumer borrowing dropped at an annual rate of 3.1 % in December. The US$6.6B decline was nearly [...]]]></description>
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