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...collection of anecdotes from market experts, economists, "key business contacts" and reports from Bank and Branch directors all over the country. Published eight times per year, the latest Beige Book will be used in the upcoming Dec. 16 monetary-policy meeting, when the Fed will determine whether to cut interest rates...
Throwing a lifeline to Europe's rapidly sinking economy, the European Central Bank today announced the deepest interest rate cut in its 10-year history, a clear sign that it has made rescuing the economy its top priority...
...sharp drop in the inflation rate to between 1.1% and 1.7% next year from 3.2% to 3.4% this year. "This is a very significant rejection of everything that they've said before," said Jörg Krämer, chief economist at Commerzbank. "There will be a further interest rate cut in January. The main refinancing rate will be below 2% by spring...
...find secret information? You work through Soviet journalists and try to wheedle out of them what they know. If the secret police wanted to build up the reputation of a newly arrived American correspondent, they would feed him information that nobody else had. The KGB had an interest in building up the Western correspondent, the Western correspondent had an interest in getting exclusives...
...emotional argument that the Kurds are using, but it's also grounded in regional self-interest - which is the Prime Minister's case against those who oppose him. Maliki has lambasted the Kurdish regional government for unilaterally signing oil deals with international companies and cutting Baghdad out of the loop, as well as opening representative offices overseas. He has also pushed back against the Kurds' attempts to extend their military presence into territory south of their regional border. "The central government thinks the Kurdish regional government behaves like a state, and the Kurds think Maliki wants to flex his muscles...