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    <title><![CDATA[Wall Street Week Ahead: Investors look for signs in the rally&#039;s break]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The stock market&#039;s break in its recent rally this week left investors wondering if they&#039;re seeing a turning point or just a blip in the upward path.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 09:21:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Energy Report  - The Tale of the Taper]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Can You Taper Up? Oil Prices rebounded after a big fall in part because of a misunderstanding. Apparently you can taper up as well as taper down in what I guess you can call the tale of the taper. That seemed to be the message from at least two Fed  official&#039;s that tried to calm the markets that feared that the term tapering meant that the Fed was ready reduce bond buying like a tapering worm.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 02:31:40 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Durable goods orders point to factory resilience]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods rose more than expected in April, a hopeful sign that a sharp slowdown in factory output could soon run its course.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 01:21:03 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bank of England&#039;s Fisher says does not want U.S.-style QE pledge]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[A Bank of England policymaker said on Friday he favored small additional amounts of bond purchases over time, but not a hard-to-manage commitment to longer-term stimulus like that of the U.S. Federal Reserve.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 21:00:04 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Volatile Nikkei keeps Asian stocks on edge]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Asian stocks fell to one-month lows on Friday and the yen rebounded broadly as extreme volatility in the Nikkei kept investors on edge.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 20:56:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Fed&#039;s Bullard wants inflation pickup before tapering QE]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[A top Federal Reserve official said on Friday U.S. inflation would have to pick up before he voted to scale back monetary policy stimulus and that this was unlikely to happen in the coming month.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/470901/20130524/feds-bullard-wants-inflation-pickup-before-tapering-qe.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 18:07:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Asian stocks shaky, Nikkei still seen vulnerable]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Japanese stocks turned negative on Friday and the yen reversed early losses, keeping intact worries that the Nikkei&#039;s largest one-day drop in two years may be the start of a bigger rout.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/470849/20130524/asian-stocks-shaky-nikkei-still-seen-vulnerable.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 15:28:01 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[More Background Noise From Ben Bernanke]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Yesterday we wondered whether Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, in his speech to Congress, would come out in support of his colleagues (and the banks) or whether he&#039;d speak with one eye on his legacy.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/470826/20130524/board-federal-reserve-ben-bernanke-reserves-who.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 14:34:52 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[BOJ Kuroda vows to calm JGBs, guide economy to recovery]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Friday expressed confidence the central bank can stem bond market volatility with flexible market operations and engineer a steady recovery in the world&#039;s third-largest economy.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/470818/20130524/boj-kuroda-vows-to-calm-jgbs-guide-economy-to-recovery.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 14:14:01 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Analysis: Markets face rough summer ride as Fed pullback feared]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[For the past few months, the U.S. Federal Reserve has been squarely in the financial markets&#039; corner, thanks to its massive dollops of monetary stimulus. But signs that the central bank is discussing reducing that support by purchasing fewer bonds mean that trading is likely to get bumpier in coming months.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/470735/20130524/analysis-markets-face-rough-summer-ride-as-fed-pullback-feared.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 08:00:03 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Analysis - Markets face rough summer ride as Fed pullback feared]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[For the past few months, the U.S. Federal Reserve has been squarely in the financial markets&#039; corner, thanks to its massive dollops of monetary stimulus. But signs that the central bank is discussing reducing that support by purchasing fewer bonds mean that trading is likely to get bumpier in coming months.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/470731/20130524/analysis-markets-face-rough-summer-ride-as-fed-pullback-feared.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 07:49:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ECB can&#039;t solve euro zone crisis alone - Weidmann]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann said on Thursday it was not up to the European Central Bank to solve the euro zone crisis, resisting pressure from other ECB policymakers for the bank to widen its range of policy tools.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/470717/20130524/ecb-cant-solve-euro-zone-crisis-alone-weidmann.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 06:42:04 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Wall Street sags, but ends off session lows; HP hits 52-week high]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Stocks slipped on Thursday but finished sharply off their session lows as a rally in Hewlett-Packard&#039;s shares offset worries about weak Chinese manufacturing data and the prospects of the Federal Reserve reducing its monetary stimulus.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/470716/20130524/wall-street-sags-but-ends-off-session-lows-hp-hits-52-week-high.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 06:42:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Wall Street ends down but off session lows]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Stocks slipped on Thursday but finished sharply off their session lows as a rally in Hewlett-Packard&#039;s shares offset worries about weak Chinese manufacturing data and the prospects of the Federal Reserve reducing its monetary stimulus.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 06:14:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[HP supports Dow, limits S&P&#039;s loss in choppy trade]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Stocks edged down on Thursday but rebounded sharply from their session lows as a rally in Hewlett-Packard&#039;s shares offset worries about weak Chinese manufacturing data and the prospects of the Federal Reserve reducing its monetary stimulus.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/470700/20130524/hp-supports-dow-limitsps-loss-in-choppy-trade.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 05:42:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Wall Street mostly dips, but off lows with help from HP]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Stocks mostly edged lower on Thursday but were sharply off their session lows as a rally in Hewlett-Packard&#039;s shares offset worries about weak Chinese manufacturing data and the prospects of the Federal Reserve reducing its monetary stimulus.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/470683/20130524/wall-street-mostly-dips-but-off-lows-with-help-from-hp.htm</guid>
    <link>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/470683/20130524/wall-street-mostly-dips-but-off-lows-with-help-from-hp.htm</link>
    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 04:35:03 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Fed officials stress no rush to exit, not on &#039;autopilot&#039;]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve will not hastily withdraw its policy stimulus for the U.S. economy, a senior U.S. central banker said on Thursday, while another stressed that it could adjust the pace of bond purchases both up or down according to the data.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/470681/20130524/fed-officials-stress-no-rush-to-exit-not-on-autopilot.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 04:35:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Jobs, housing data show economy has some muscle]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, pointing to resilience in the labor market despite belt-tightening by Washington.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/470650/20130524/jobs-housing-data-show-economy-has-some-muscle.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 02:56:03 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[U.S. jobs, housing data show economy has some muscle]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, pointing to resilience in the labor market despite belt-tightening by Washington.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/470649/20130524/ujobs-housing-data-show-economy-has-some-muscle.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 02:56:03 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[U.S., China factories struggle; Fed hints at less stimulus]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Chinese factory activity declined in May for the first time in seven months and U.S. manufacturing grew at its slowest pace since October, suggesting it may take a while before the global economy starts to pick up steam.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/470638/20130524/uchina-factories-struggle-fed-hints-at-less-stimulus.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 02:35:03 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[U.S., Chinese factories struggle, Fed hints at less stimulus]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Chinese factory activity declined in May for the first time in seven months and U.S. manufacturing grew at its slowest clip since October, suggesting it may take a while before the global economy starts to pick up steam.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:35:04 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Wall St. drops on stimulus plan unease, China data]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Stocks dropped on Thursday, with the S&P 500 on pace for its first back-to-back daily drop in a month amid investor concerns the U.S. Federal Reserve&#039;s stimulus may be scaled back sooner than hoped and after weak data in China.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:28:04 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Wall St. to drop at open on stimulus plan worry, China data]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Stocks were set for a lower open on Thursday, with the S&P 500 on track for its first back-to-back daily drop in a month, amid investor concerns the Federal Reserve&#039;s stimulus may be scaled back sooner than hoped and over weak data in China.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/470566/20130523/wall-st-to-drop-at-open-on-stimulus-plan-worry-china-data.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 23:28:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[U.S. jobless claims data suggests labour market strength]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, pointing to resilience in the labour market despite belt-tightening by Washington.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 23:21:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Factory activity slips to 7-month low in May: Markit]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Manufacturing slowed for a second straight month in May as weak overseas demand and government belt-tightening at home led to the sector&#039;s most sluggish rate of growth since October, a survey showed on Thursday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 23:14:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Jobless claims data suggests labor market strength]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, pointing to resilience in the labor market despite belt-tightening by Washington.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 23:07:05 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Fed not "that close" to winding down stimulus: Bullard]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[A top U.S. central bank official sought to reassure financial markets that the Federal Reserve was not in a hurry to start winding down its economic stimulus as investors worried about comments by its chairman Ben Bernanke.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:49:03 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Jobless claims drop more than expected last week]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, pointing to resilience in the labor market despite belt-tightening by Washington.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:42:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Stock futures fall on stimulus plan concerns, China data]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Stock index futures fell on Thursday, putting the S&P 500 on track for its first daily back-to-back declines in a month, amid investor concerns the U.S. Federal Reserve may begin to taper its stimulus measures and over weak data in China.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:00:05 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ECB seeks new tools while Fed toys with exit]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The European Central Bank is looking into expanding its range of policy tools, while the U.S. central bank is mulling scaling back its support measures, highlighting the contrasting fortunes between the world&#039;s two biggest economic blocs.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:00:04 +1000</pubDate>
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