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4 hrs ago | Xinhuanet

G20 reluctant to remove stimulus

ST. ANDREWS, Britain, Nov. 7 -- It is still too early to remove stimulus, and climate change financing remains the key to success of the Copenhagen conference, the G20 finance ministers and bank governors said Saturday.

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Related Topix: Fife County, Scotland, United Kingdom, World News, Alistair Darling

Sat Nov 07, 2009

The News Tribune

G-20 finance officials: Too early to end stimulus

Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke, left, talks with US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, centre, and others unidentified, during the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at St Andrews.

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Related Topix: Fife County, Scotland, World News, United Kingdom,

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Washington Post

Fed stands by rock-bottom interest rates for near future

File - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke addresses a meeting of the Chicago Economic Club, in this June 15, 2006 file photo taken in Chicago.

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ShrinkWrapped

Societal Regression Watch

It is clear to most of us that we are living in perilous times. There is a sense, amplified by the behavior of the "experts", that we are in uncharted territory when it comes to our economic straits.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets

People's Daily

US holds rates at record lows, China to follow suit

The U.S. Federal Reserve pledged Wednesday to keep a key interest rate at a record low for an "extended period," signaling that the weak American economy remains dependent on government stimulus to grow.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Atlantic Monthly

Ben Bernanke Looks Past the Crisis

Ben Bernanke has a bit of a dilemma. On the one hand, he wants to be a credible inflation hawk, to keep expectations of inflation from doing bad things to the economy.

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The Baseline Scenario

Does Ben Bernanke Have The Facts Right On Banking?

Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, has stayed carefully on the sidelines while a major argument has broken out among and around senior policymaking circles: Should our biggest banks be broken up, or can they be safely re-regulated into permanently good behavior? . But the issues are too pressing and the stakes are too high for key ...

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Bloomberg Business News

Fed Retains Its Pledge to Keep Interest Rates Low for an `Extended Period'

The Federal Reserve restated its intention to keep interest rates a oeexceptionally lowa for a oean extended perioda as long as inflation expectations are stable and unemployment fails to decline.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Johnson and Johnson, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Home, Mortgage, Financial Markets, Stamford, CT

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Houston Chronicle

ISM's service sector index grows again in October

In this July 30, 2009 photo, patients wait in the emergency room at Cook County Hospital, one of Chicago's safety net hospitals.

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San Jose Mercury News

Biz Break: Intel faces antitrust suit

Today: New antitrust allegations against Intel. Plus: Federal Reserve says rates will stay low; Carly Fiorina wants Barbara Boxer's job N.Y. attorney general files antitrust suit against Intel Adding to the host of antitrust allegations already pending against Intel Corp., New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo today filed a federal lawsuit ...

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Related Topix: Semiconductors, Electronics, Intel, Startups, Santa Clara, CA, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Money Morning

What Investors Should Look for in Todaya s Fed Statement

In its continuing efforts to nurture the fragile economic recovery, the U.S. Federal Reserve is widely expected to leave interest rates at record lows when it concludes its meeting today .

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Related Topix: ING Group, Insurance

The Health Care Blog

A Message to America's Physicians: Purchasing EHR Technology A Shaky State of Affairs

Much of the conversation and debate about physician EHR adoption has centered on the single issue of the cost of purchase.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Healthcare Law, Law

Tue Nov 03, 2009

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Fed likely to keep key interest rate at record low

Faced with lurking dangers to the budding recovery, Federal Reserve policymakers are sure to leave a key interest rate at a record low to entice Americans to spend more and help the economic turnaround gain traction.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Channelnewsasia.com

US Federal Reserve expected to hold rock-bottom rates

WASHINGTON: The US Federal Reserve opens a two-day policy-setting meeting on Tuesday expected to leave near-zero interest rates and emergency measures on hold amid signs of a fragile recovery from recession.

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Bloomberg

Bernanke's Housing Gamble May Bring Pressure From Congress to Keep Fed Aid

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is gambling that come March, he can stop the purchases of mortgage-backed securities that have propped up the U.S. housing market.

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Related Topix: US News, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Paul Kanjorski, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Mon Nov 02, 2009

American Prospect Online

Ladies and Gentleman, once again, Barney Frank.

Sitting in his office, Rep. Brad Sherman does not look like an angry man. Leaning back and rubbing his stomach, the Californian calmly explains his concerns about the Treasury Department's plan to regulate the financial industry, currently moving through Congress.

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Related Topix: US News

The Plain Dealer

Federal Reserve expected to hold rates at record-low

Even with the Federal Reserve widely expected to leave interest rates at a record low this week to nurture the fragile recovery, fissures are growing among U.S. policymakers about when to start boosting rates to head off inflation.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Bloomberg Business News

Singapore, Hong Kong Aim to Succeed Where Bernanke Failed on Asset Bubbles

Policy makers from South Korea to Singapore, confronted with rising real-estate values that threaten to mimic in Asia the U.S. mortgage bubble that roiled the global economy, are stepping up efforts to rein in prices.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Housing, Financial Markets

The Huffington Post

David Paul: A Systemic Risk Regulator and a Compensation Tsar? Larry...

A Systemic Risk Regulator and a Compensation Tsar? Larry Summers and Ben Bernanke must be kidding.

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Morgan Stanley European Fund, Financial Services, Morgan Stanley, Investment Services, Goldman Sachs Group

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Pensacola News Journal

Recession will stay awhile

T he nation's Gross Domestic Product is growing again, and most economists now agree the worst recession in more than 70 years is all but done.

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Related Topix: Pensacola, FL, Pensacola Metro, University of West Florida

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