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		<title>New York Fed Begins MBS Purchase Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(CEP News) - As promised, the New York Fed plans to begin buying U.S. mortgage and student debt effective immediately, in a move geared at thawing frozen credit markets in the country and restore confidence of the economy.

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		<title>New York Fed Begins MBS Purchase Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(CEP News) - As promised, the New York Fed plans to begin buying U.S. mortgage and student debt effective immediately, in a move geared at thawing frozen credit markets in the country and restore confidence of the economy.

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		<link>http://finance.forex-outlook.com/01-07-2009/new-york-fed-begins-mbs-purchase-program.html</link>
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		<title>Australian Retailers Could Suffer in 2009 after Braving the Storm in Late 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(CEP News) - Swift action by Australian officials and the effect of lower fuel prices have done their part to keep retail spending above forecasts in late 2008 - but this may not last, economists say.

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		<link>http://finance.forex-outlook.com/01-06-2009/australian-retailers-could-suffer-in-2009-after-braving-the-storm-in-late-2008.html</link>
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		<title>Australia Retail Sales Expand Despite Negative Forecasts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(CEP News) - Retailers in Australia fared better than economists had expected in November as sales remained positive against forecasts monthly sales would drop off.

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		<link>http://finance.forex-outlook.com/01-06-2009/australia-retail-sales-expand-despite-negative-forecasts.html</link>
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		<title>Australia Home Sales Drop Off, Says HIA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(CEP News) - The Australian housing market suffered losses in November, according to the Housing Industry Association (HIA).

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		<link>http://finance.forex-outlook.com/01-06-2009/australia-home-sales-drop-off-says-hia.html</link>
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		<title>Euro weakens as prices plunge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The euro fell to three-week lows against the dollar and sterling on Tuesday as plummeting eurozone inflation raised expectations that the European Central Bank was set to cut interest rates in the region.

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		<link>http://finance.forex-outlook.com/01-06-2009/euro-weakens-as-prices-plunge-2.html</link>
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		<title>ABC Consumer Confidence Stalled At -49 Reading</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(CEP News) - The weekly ABC News Consumer Confidence Index remained unchanged at -49 for the week ending January 4. Consumer confidence has continued to languish in negative territory for the past 74 weeks.

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		<link>http://finance.forex-outlook.com/01-06-2009/abc-consumer-confidence-stalled-at-49-reading.html</link>
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		<title>Canadian Dollar Rallies to Seven-Week High</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(CEP News) - Tuesday&#8217;s surge in commodity prices boosted the Canadian dollar to its highest level since Nov. 11.

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		<link>http://finance.forex-outlook.com/01-06-2009/canadian-dollar-rallies-to-seven-week-high.html</link>
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		<title>U.S. Preview: New Methodology in ADP Survey to Provide Clearer Jobs Picture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(CEP News) - The ADP private employment survey, once considered a key tool to predict the official employment statistics in the U.S., has underestimated the official figures since the economic downturn began, but a revised methodology announced mid-December has garnered increased attention from forecasters.

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		<link>http://finance.forex-outlook.com/01-06-2009/us-preview-new-methodology-in-adp-survey-to-provide-clearer-jobs-picture.html</link>
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		<title>FOMC Minutes from Historic Meeting Show Concerns for Interest Rate Band</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(CEP News) - The minutes of the Federal Reserve&#8217;s monetary policy meeting on Dec. 15-16 show that there was some resistance among committee members to slash the key interest rate to a range of zero to 0.25%.

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		<link>http://finance.forex-outlook.com/01-06-2009/fomc-minutes-from-historic-meeting-show-concerns-for-interest-rate-band.html</link>
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		<title>Turn of year brings Libor optimism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Traders are betting on sharp declines in ­interbank lending rates over the next weeks and months

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		<link>http://finance.forex-outlook.com/01-06-2009/turn-of-year-brings-libor-optimism.html</link>
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		<title>Safe Haven U.S. Dollar Retraces Gains as Equities Find Footing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(CEP News) - An earlier selloff in equity markets has come to an end, prompting the U.S. dollar to fall against major foreign currencies on Tuesday afternoon.

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		<link>http://finance.forex-outlook.com/01-06-2009/safe-haven-us-dollar-retraces-gains-as-equities-find-footing.html</link>
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		<title>US tops innovation rankings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite its current economic woes, the United States remains the world&#8217;s most innovative economy, with unrivalled business sophistication and competitiveness, according to a new study by INSEAD, the Paris-based business school

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		<link>http://finance.forex-outlook.com/01-06-2009/us-tops-innovation-rankings-2.html</link>
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		<title>US tops innovation rankings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite its current economic woes, the United States remains the world&#8217;s most innovative economy, with unrivalled business sophistication and competitiveness, according to a new study by INSEAD, the Paris-based business school

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		<link>http://finance.forex-outlook.com/01-06-2009/us-tops-innovation-rankings.html</link>
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		<title>Pending home sales fall to record low</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The US housing market showed further signs of weakness as the closely watched index of pending home sales dropped by 4 per cent in November as rising job cuts and eroding confidence deterred buyers from signing new contracts.

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		<link>http://finance.forex-outlook.com/01-06-2009/pending-home-sales-fall-to-record-low.html</link>
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		<title>Shorting bans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Watchdogs have set their faces against renewing shorting bans, which were demonstrably ineffective

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		<link>http://finance.forex-outlook.com/01-06-2009/shorting-bans.html</link>
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		<title>UK corporate credit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The number of companies relying on discounting bodes ill for a country facing the sharpest unemployment rise in two decades

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		<link>http://finance.forex-outlook.com/01-06-2009/uk-corporate-credit.html</link>
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		<title>FTSE higher as retail newsflow cheers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The five-session rally on London&#8217;s equities market faded on Tuesday, but  well-received trading updates from High Street retailers kept overall losses small

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		<link>http://finance.forex-outlook.com/01-06-2009/ftse-higher-as-retail-newsflow-cheers.html</link>
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		<title>European stocks lifted by carmakers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Car manufacturers provided a focal point for European equities on Tuesday after news that Porsche had achieved a majority holding in Volkswagen boosted both company&#8217;s share prices.

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		<link>http://finance.forex-outlook.com/01-06-2009/european-stocks-lifted-by-carmakers.html</link>
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		<title>US financials and telecoms under pressure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[US stocks struggled to cling onto a two-month high at the start of the first full trading week of 2009 after a fresh round of profit warnings and analyst downgrades greeted investors returning from their new year break

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		<link>http://finance.forex-outlook.com/01-06-2009/us-financials-and-telecoms-under-pressure.html</link>
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