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	<title>Federal Reserve &#038; Interest Rates</title>
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	<description>Read up-to-date news about the Federal Reserve and the latest in the U.S. Economy and interest rates on Banks.com's Federal Reserve &#038; Interest Rate Blog.</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Bear Market Could Last For Awhile</title>
		<link>http://banks.com/blogs/fed/2008/07/07/bear-market-could-last-for-awhile/</link>
		<comments>http://banks.com/blogs/fed/2008/07/07/bear-market-could-last-for-awhile/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Weamein Yee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dow Jones has reached bear market status and the S&#38;P 500 is a percentage point away but a number of forecasting firms are predicting a turnaround for the market in the second half of the year.
The S&#38;P 500 will rise 18 percent by January, according to the consensus projection of 10 U.S. strategists surveyed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paulson Calls For Regulatory Changes To Deal With Failing Firms</title>
		<link>http://banks.com/blogs/fed/2008/07/02/paulson-calls-for-regulatory-changes-to-deal-with-failing-firms/</link>
		<comments>http://banks.com/blogs/fed/2008/07/02/paulson-calls-for-regulatory-changes-to-deal-with-failing-firms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Weamein Yee</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Regulatory Oversight]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Credit Derivatives]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Market]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a speech today, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson called for new regulations to help liquidate failing firms without it affecting overall market stability.

&#8220;For market discipline to constrain risk effectively, financial institutions must be allowed to fail,&#8221; Paulson said in excerpts of a speech he will deliver in London.
&#8220;It is clear that some institutions, if they fail, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economic Growth Being Sustained By Stimulus Checks</title>
		<link>http://banks.com/blogs/fed/2008/06/29/economic-growth-being-sustained-by-stimulus-checks/</link>
		<comments>http://banks.com/blogs/fed/2008/06/29/economic-growth-being-sustained-by-stimulus-checks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Weamein Yee</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Spending]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://banks.com/blogs/fed/2008/06/29/economic-growth-being-sustained-by-stimulus-checks/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The credit crunch is still here, commodity prices continue to rise and equity markets have lost nearly 20% from their highs last fall, yet economic growth is expected to remain positive through the summer on the strength of stimulus checks that started arriving to millions of Americans back in May. 
While much of the increase in consumer spending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economy In A Holding Pattern</title>
		<link>http://banks.com/blogs/fed/2008/06/26/economy-in-a-holding-pattern/</link>
		<comments>http://banks.com/blogs/fed/2008/06/26/economy-in-a-holding-pattern/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Weamein Yee</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve Board&#8217;s decision to hold interest rate steady at 2% mirrors the current state of the economy, which is a holding pattern.  The Fed is torn between placing emphasis on slowing economic growth or rising inflationary pressure from the commodities market.
Economic data released today reaffirms this situation, according to the Labor Department jobless claims stayed the same from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Reserve Expected To Stand Pat</title>
		<link>http://banks.com/blogs/fed/2008/06/24/federal-reserve-expected-to-stand-pat/</link>
		<comments>http://banks.com/blogs/fed/2008/06/24/federal-reserve-expected-to-stand-pat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Weamein Yee</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Interest Rates]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve is meeting today to discuss monetary policy but no change to interest rates are expected.  While the Fed&#8217;s stance on the economy has shifted somewhat in recent months, placing more of a focus on inflation, the weakening financial and housing markets will most likely keep their hands tied.
Americans in the lower income [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fight Against High Energy Prices</title>
		<link>http://banks.com/blogs/fed/2008/06/22/the-fight-against-high-energy-prices/</link>
		<comments>http://banks.com/blogs/fed/2008/06/22/the-fight-against-high-energy-prices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Weamein Yee</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Commodities Market]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Inflation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[High energy prices are beginning to take their toll on global economic growth and a number of measures are being considered to help alleviate some of the pressure..  It has been stated by oil producers and consumers alike that the $140 a barrel price of oil is unjustified and the figures seem to bear this out with supply outstripping worldwide demand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Federal Reserve Is In A Difficult Position</title>
		<link>http://banks.com/blogs/fed/2008/06/18/the-federal-reserve-is-in-a-difficult-position/</link>
		<comments>http://banks.com/blogs/fed/2008/06/18/the-federal-reserve-is-in-a-difficult-position/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Weamein Yee</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Credit Derivatives]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Banking System]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Inflation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://banks.com/blogs/fed/2008/06/18/the-federal-reserve-is-in-a-difficult-position/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[History has shown, at least for the past three decades that if the price of controlling inflation is a recession, then the Fed is usually willing to pay it.  However the difficulty the Fed is facing now is keeping the fragile financial system stable.  The Fed received a lot of criticism back in March for their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inflation Concerns Driving Up Treasury Yields</title>
		<link>http://banks.com/blogs/fed/2008/06/16/inflation-concerns-driving-up-treasury-yields/</link>
		<comments>http://banks.com/blogs/fed/2008/06/16/inflation-concerns-driving-up-treasury-yields/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Weamein Yee</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury Securities]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Yield Curve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Inflation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Interest Rates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://banks.com/blogs/fed/2008/06/16/inflation-concerns-driving-up-treasury-yields/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yields on Treasury Securities with maturities of between one and five years have climbed at least half a percent since the start of the month as investors have begun fleeing the safety of government fixed income securities despite the fact the economy continues to worsen.  Investor flocked to Treasuries in earnest back in March in the wake [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Prices Surge In May</title>
		<link>http://banks.com/blogs/fed/2008/06/14/energy-prices-surge-in-may/</link>
		<comments>http://banks.com/blogs/fed/2008/06/14/energy-prices-surge-in-may/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Weamein Yee</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Inflation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Commodities Market]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Price Index]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Interest Rates]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal Reserve]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, the Department of Labor released it&#8217;s report for the Consumer Price Index(CPI) which showed a large spike in commodity prices in May.  After energy prices remained stable in April, they rose sharply last month causing a 0.6% rise in the CPI, the largest since November.
The 4.4% rise in energy prices is becoming a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pressure Growing For Fed To Raise Rates</title>
		<link>http://banks.com/blogs/fed/2008/06/11/pressure-growing-for-fed-to-raise-rates/</link>
		<comments>http://banks.com/blogs/fed/2008/06/11/pressure-growing-for-fed-to-raise-rates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Weamein Yee</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Inflation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Interest Rates]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://banks.com/blogs/fed/2008/06/11/pressure-growing-for-fed-to-raise-rates/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a growing pressure from some members of Federal Reserve Board to raise rates with the mounting threat of inflation due to high dollar denominated commodity prices, namely food and oil.  Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has thus far resisted these efforts believing that the economic slowdown will help slow inflation growth.
Inflation has remained high, [...]]]></description>
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