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		<title>Fed should raise rates in 2013, Bullard says</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve should start raising interest rates next year, a top Fed official said on Monday, arguing that many years of near-zero rates will do little to return economic output to pre-recession &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Greeks delay bailout talks as Merkel demands action</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Greece on Monday to make up its mind fast on accepting the painful terms for a new EU/IMF bailout, but the country&#8217;s political leaders responded by delaying their decision &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Eurogroup teleconference to discuss Greek bailout</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greek Finance minister Evangelos Venizelos and his eurozone colleagues are to discuss by teleconference the terms of a second multibillion-euro bailout, with talks with international creditors at a critical &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Gross: Fed to Maintain Easing After Jobless Data</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pacific Investment Management Co.&#8217;s Bill Gross said the Federal Reserve will maintain accommodativemonetary policy and consider more asset purchases even with theU.S. employment market expanding. Gross &#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pacific Investment Management Co.&#8217;s Bill Gross said the Federal Reserve will maintain accommodativemonetary policy and consider more asset purchases even with theU.S. employment market expanding. Gross &#8230;</p>
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		<title>Bernanke: Fed will protect U.S. economy from Europe</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bernanke: Fed will protect U.S. economy from Europe]]></description>
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		<title>Fed still divided as Fisher sees no need for QE3</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A third round of large-scale asset purchases by the Federal Reserve is not needed and would compound the difficulties of tightening monetary policy when the time finally comes, a top Fed official said &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Jobless claims fall, jobs market slowly healing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New claims for unemployment benefits in the United States fell more than expected last week, pointing to further healing in the nation&#8217;s battered jobs market. Jobless claims have zig-zagged in the last &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Bernanke: Fed will protect U.S. economy from Europe</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Bernanke defends low rate policy for weak economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday defended the U.S. central bank&#8217;s policies against charges from Republican lawmakers they risked sparking inflation, saying the economy still needs plenty &#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fed-protect-u-europe-fallout-150327055.html" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/finance.yahoo.com');" title="Bernanke defends low rate policy for weak economy"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yWrfFm.Q1gtrxBqzxV40rw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTcwO3E9ODU7dz03MA--/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_REUTERS_OLUSBUS_WRAPPER_H_LIVE_NEW/2012-02-02T172511Z_1_BTRE81115TW00_RTROPTP_3_BERNANKE_original.jpg" alt="Bernanke defends low rate policy for weak economy" width="70" height="70" align="left" border="0" /></a>Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday defended the U.S. central bank&#8217;s policies against charges from Republican lawmakers they risked sparking inflation, saying the economy still needs plenty &#8230;</p>
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		<title>Bernanke defends Fed policies against GOP critics</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke defended the Federal Reserve&#8217;s decision to hold interest rates at record-low levels for the next three years, during a contentious hearing before federal lawmakers.The Fed chief told the House &#8230;]]></description>
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