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<item><title><![CDATA[ Waiting On Fed To Make A Move ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100102974.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100102974.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Wall Street overwhelmingly expects the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates quickly and sharply to boost the economy. But for leaders of the Fed, it is still more of an open question. ]]></description><dc:creator>Neil Irwin</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Waiting]]></category><category><![CDATA[On]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[To]]></category><category><![CDATA[Make]]></category><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Move]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Julia Coronado]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[European Central Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charles Plosser]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peter Hooper]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barclays plc]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deutsche Bank AG]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Open Market Committee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Institute for Supply Management]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[American International Group Inc.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Move Would Ease Investing in Banks ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062603535.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062603535.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Federal Reserve is considering making it easier for private-equity firms to invest in banks, which would smooth the way for huge new capital infusions to the troubled financial sector. ]]></description><dc:creator>Neil Irwin</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Move]]></category><category><![CDATA[Would]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ease]]></category><category><![CDATA[Investing]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Henry M. Paulson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Randal Quarles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Carlyle Group LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Economic Challenges Draw Out Divisions at Fed ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/23/AR2008062302174.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/23/AR2008062302174.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ As Federal Reserve policymakers sit down this morning to begin deciding whether to adjust interest rates, they do so at a time of exceptional internal disagreement over what approach the central bank should take. ]]></description><dc:creator>Neil Irwin</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Economic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Challenges]]></category><category><![CDATA[Draw]]></category><category><![CDATA[Out]]></category><category><![CDATA[Divisions]]></category><category><![CDATA[at]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Open Market Committee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alan Greenspan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gerald Corrigan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vincent Reinhart]]></category><category><![CDATA[William Poole]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alice Rivlin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dallas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jeffrey M. Lacker]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kansas City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marvin Goodfriend]]></category><category><![CDATA[Philadelphia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Richard Fisher]]></category><category><![CDATA[Richmond]]></category><category><![CDATA[St. Louis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Timothy Geithner]]></category><category><![CDATA[Carnegie Mellon University]]></category><category><![CDATA[CNBC Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Reserve Bank of New York]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harvard Business School]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Brookings Institution]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Appears Unlikely to Keep Cutting Rates ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052101020.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052101020.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Most leaders of the Federal Reserve viewed their decision to cut interest rates last month as a "close call," according to minutes of the meeting released yesterday, a document that made it clear that the Fed is probably done with rate cuts for the foreseeable future.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885751451" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885751451" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Neil Irwin</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Appears]]></category><category><![CDATA[Unlikely]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Keep]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cutting]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ethan Harris]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Richard W. Fisher]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charles Plosser]]></category><category><![CDATA[Philadelphia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Open Market Committee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers Inc.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Chief Talks of 'Decisive' Action ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/10/AR2008011001015.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/10/AR2008011001015.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke yesterday signaled that the central bank will cut interest rates aggressively to try to prevent a serious economic downturn, using unusually direct and forceful language. ]]></description><dc:creator>Neil Irwin</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chief]]></category><category><![CDATA[Talks]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA['Decisive']]></category><category><![CDATA[Action]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Express Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Capital One Financial Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert Rubin]]></category><category><![CDATA[California]]></category><category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category><category><![CDATA[JP Morgan Chase & Co.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mayflower Hotel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alice Rivlin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bruce C. Kasman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Douglas W. Elmendorf]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drew Matus]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jason Furman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Martin Feldstein]]></category><category><![CDATA[McLean (Virginia)]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Brookings Institution]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Leads Global Bid to Spur Loans ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/12/AR2007121200751.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/12/AR2007121200751.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Federal Reserve launched a concerted effort with central banks around the world to try to get financial institutions to lend money more readily, its latest attempt to help thaw a frozen financial system. ]]></description><dc:creator>Neil Irwin</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leads]]></category><category><![CDATA[Global]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bid]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wachovia Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Silvia]]></category><category><![CDATA[European Central Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Swiss National Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[The PNC Financial Services Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wells Fargo & Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[London]]></category><category><![CDATA[Scotty Anderson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category><category><![CDATA[Switzerland]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Cuts Key Interest Rate By Quarter Point; Stocks Fall ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/11/AR2007121100128.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/11/AR2007121100128.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Federal Reserve cut a short-term interest rate yesterday to try to keep problems in the housing and mortgage markets from dragging the nation into recession, but Wall Street judged the move as too timid and financial markets tanked. ]]></description><dc:creator>Neil Irwin</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cuts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Key]]></category><category><![CDATA[Interest]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rate]]></category><category><![CDATA[By]]></category><category><![CDATA[Quarter]]></category><category><![CDATA[Point;]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fall]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert Dye]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deutsche Bank AG]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dow Jones & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[The PNC Financial Services Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eric S. Rosengren]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kansas City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peter Hooper]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robbert Van]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas Hoenig]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vincent Reinhart]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Open Market Committee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Reserve Bank of Boston]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Dampens Outlook for 2008 ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/20/AR2007112000983.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/20/AR2007112000983.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Leaders of the Federal Reserve expect the U.S. economy to slow in 2008 and believe there are higher-than-usual risks that the economy will perform worse than they forecast.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885751763" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885751763" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Neil Irwin</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dampens]]></category><category><![CDATA[Outlook]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[2008]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Freddie Mac Holdings]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Richmond]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Vision In Sharper Focus ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/14/AR2007111400696.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/14/AR2007111400696.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Since its founding 94 years ago, the Federal Reserve has generally kept quiet about just how fast its leaders think the economy can grow or what inflation level they are okay with. ]]></description><dc:creator>Neil Irwin</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vision]]></category><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sharper]]></category><category><![CDATA[Focus]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alan Greenspan]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alan S. Blinder]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ethan Harris]]></category><category><![CDATA[Capitol Hill]]></category><category><![CDATA[Donald L. Kohn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nicolas Checa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Princeton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bank of England]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cato Institute]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Takes Wait-and-See Approach ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/09/AR2007100900975.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/09/AR2007100900975.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal Reserve policymakers left their Sept. 18 meeting without any specific plan for further interest-rate cuts because they were unsure how markets and economic growth would respond, minutes of the meeting show. ]]></description><dc:creator>Craig Torres</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Takes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wait-and-See]]></category><category><![CDATA[Approach]]></category><category><![CDATA[Donald L. Kohn]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Greenwich Capital Markets Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Greenwich (Connecticut)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stephen Stanley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Open Market Committee]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Cuts Key Rate More Than Expected ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/18/AR2007091800251.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/18/AR2007091800251.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate yesterday in an aggressive attempt to keep turmoil in financial markets from damaging the overall U.S. economy. ]]></description><dc:creator>Neil Irwin</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cuts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Key]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rate]]></category><category><![CDATA[More]]></category><category><![CDATA[Than]]></category><category><![CDATA[Expected]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Greenspan: Ouster Of Hussein Crucial For Oil Security ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/16/AR2007091601287.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/16/AR2007091601287.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman, said in an interview that the removal of Saddam Hussein had been "essential" to secure world oil supplies, a point he emphasized to the White House in private conversations before the 2003 invasion of Iraq.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885752176" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885752176" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Bob Woodward</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Greenspan:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ouster]]></category><category><![CDATA[Of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hussein]]></category><category><![CDATA[Crucial]]></category><category><![CDATA[For]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Security]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Sunbelt City in Grasp of Housing Undertow ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/15/AR2007091501480.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/15/AR2007091501480.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ FORT MYERS, Fla.-- To understand how the housing bust may ripple through the broader American economy, look beyond the countless for-sale signs that dot this middle-class city. Instead, stop by Boater's Landing, where salespeople sit idle, hoping someone will once again want to buy a boat. ]]></description><dc:creator>Neil Irwin and David Cho</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Sunbelt]]></category><category><![CDATA[City]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Grasp]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Undertow]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bernanke Says Fed Won't Let Markets Disrupt U.S. Economy ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/31/AR2007083100448.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/31/AR2007083100448.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:16:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JACKSON HOLE, Wyo., Aug. 31 -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke Friday said that the central bank will take action to prevent problems in the financial markets from disrupting the U.S. economy, if necessary. ]]></description><dc:creator>Neil Irwin</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Says]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Won't]]></category><category><![CDATA[Let]]></category><category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category><category><![CDATA[Disrupt]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Amid Turmoil, Fed Holds Steady ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/07/AR2007080700237.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/07/AR2007080700237.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Stock prices are swinging. Credit is tightening. And the deepening housing market downturn has increased the risks of a recession. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson  and Tomoeh Murakami Tse</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Amid]]></category><category><![CDATA[Turmoil,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Holds]]></category><category><![CDATA[Steady]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Inflation as a State of Mind ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/10/AR2007071000846.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/10/AR2007071000846.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The steep rise in oil prices in recent years has not triggered either high inflation or a recession, in large part because consumers and businesses expect price increases to remain tame, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said yesterday.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885753239" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885753239" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Inflation]]></category><category><![CDATA[as]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[State]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mind]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Inflation Target May Be Shifting ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/26/AR2007062601189.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/26/AR2007062601189.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ If investors and financial analysts could ride in the back seat of Ben S. Bernanke's 1998 Chrysler Sebring convertible, many would be whining that familiar summer refrain: "Are we there yet?" ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Inflation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Target]]></category><category><![CDATA[May]]></category><category><![CDATA[Be]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shifting]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Nominee Would Add Expertise On Credit ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/20/AR2007052001311.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/20/AR2007052001311.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In nominating Larry Allan Klane to the Federal Reserve Board last week, President Bush reached into the McLean executive suites of one of the nation's largest banks and credit card issuers, Capital One Financial. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nominee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Would]]></category><category><![CDATA[Add]]></category><category><![CDATA[Expertise]]></category><category><![CDATA[On]]></category><category><![CDATA[Credit]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Chairman Warns of More Foreclosures ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/17/AR2007051701116.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/17/AR2007051701116.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Americans are likely to fall behind on their mortgage payments and lose their homes to foreclosure at a higher rate this year, but that probably will not hurt the nation's economy significantly, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said yesterday. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chairman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Warns]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[More]]></category><category><![CDATA[Foreclosures]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bush to Nominate Two  Bankers for Fed Board Seats ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/15/AR2007051501958.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/15/AR2007051501958.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ President Bush will nominate two veterans of the banking industry to fill openings on the seven-member Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the White House said yesterday.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885753649" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885753649" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nominate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Two]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bankers]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Board]]></category><category><![CDATA[Seats]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bernanke Open to Limiting Lending ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/28/AR2007032800753.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/28/AR2007032800753.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke yesterday blamed loose lending for the recent turmoil in the mortgage market and told Congress that "it's worth looking at" the idea of creating a law against certain lending practices. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Open]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Limiting]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lending]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Hints That Rate Hike Is Unlikely ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/21/AR2007032100205.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/21/AR2007032100205.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Federal Reserve left interest rates alone yesterday -- surprising nobody. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hints]]></category><category><![CDATA[That]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hike]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Unlikely]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Finds Soft Spots In U.S. Economy ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/07/AR2007030701348.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/07/AR2007030701348.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ New England automobile dealers say their sales are awful. A New York City employment agency reports that hiring has slowed in recent weeks. And a North Carolina textile maker plans to shutter a plant in Virginia. In the mid-Atlantic, strong growth in services -- including the legal, medical and... ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson  and Cecilia Kang</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Finds]]></category><category><![CDATA[Soft]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spots]]></category><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Greenspan Lays Odds On U.S. Recession ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/06/AR2007030601980.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/06/AR2007030601980.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said yesterday that there is a "one-third probability" of a U.S. recession this year and that the current economic expansion won't have the staying power of its decade-long predecessor.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885754243" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885754243" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Craig Torres</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Greenspan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lays]]></category><category><![CDATA[Odds]]></category><category><![CDATA[On]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Recession]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bernanke Calls for Stronger Regulation of Fannie, Freddie ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/06/AR2007030600786.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/06/AR2007030600786.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said yesterday that the scale of Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's mortgage investments could pose risks to the financial system, and he called for them to limit their holdings almost exclusively to loans for affordable housing. ]]></description><dc:creator>David S. Hilzenrath</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Calls]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stronger]]></category><category><![CDATA[Regulation]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fannie,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Freddie]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bernanke Rebuffs Frank on Rate Cut ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/15/AR2007021501750.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/15/AR2007021501750.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke yesterday rejected a Democratic lawmaker's suggestion that he consider cutting interest rates to bolster the economy. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rebuffs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frank]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cut]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Hearing on the Economy, the Labor Market and Monetary Policy ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/15/AR2007021500845.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/15/AR2007021500845.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:16:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Feb. 15, 2007. ]]></description><dc:creator>washingtonpost.com</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Hearing]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Economy,]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Labor]]></category><category><![CDATA[Market]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Monetary]]></category><category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bernanke Says Fed Unlikely to Alter Rates ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/14/AR2007021400539.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/14/AR2007021400539.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke indicated yesterday that the central bank is likely to hold interest rates steady, prompting a rally on Wall Street that pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to a record high.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885755834" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885755834" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson and Tomoeh Murakami Tse</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Says]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Unlikely]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alter]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rates]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Hearing on Semiannual Monetary Policy Report ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/14/AR2007021400955.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/14/AR2007021400955.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:30:22 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Feb. 14, 2007. ]]></description><dc:creator>washingtonpost.com</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Hearing]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Semiannual]]></category><category><![CDATA[Monetary]]></category><category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Report]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Chairman Ben Bernanke Delivers Remarks Before the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/06/AR2007020600882.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/06/AR2007020600882.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:51:37 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A bedrock American principle is the idea that all individuals should have the opportunity to succeed on the basis of their own effort, skill, and ingenuity.... ]]></description><dc:creator>CQ Transcripts Wire</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Chairman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ben]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Delivers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Remarks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Before]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Greater]]></category><category><![CDATA[Omaha]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chamber]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Commerce]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bernanke Urges Reduction of Income Inequality ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/06/AR2007020600780.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/06/AR2007020600780.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:38:01 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke warned policymakers to make sure individual workers are not allowed to suffer too much from the effects of free-trade, globalization, technological progress and other developments that have boosted economic progress for the nation as a whole. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Urges]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reduction]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Income]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inequality]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bernanke Renews Debt Warning ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/18/AR2007011800316.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/18/AR2007011800316.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke warned Congress yesterday of a "fiscal crisis" if it doesn't curb the projected growth of federal spending on retirement and health-care programs.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885757222" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885757222" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Renews]]></category><category><![CDATA[Debt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Warning]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Chief Optimistic of Soft Landing ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/28/AR2006112800635.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/28/AR2006112800635.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The nation's central bank is growing more confident that the U.S. economy will slow gradually in a way that should cause inflation to decline without tipping the nation into a recession, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said yesterday. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chief]]></category><category><![CDATA[Optimistic]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Soft]]></category><category><![CDATA[Landing]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Greenspan Unconcerned About Housing ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/06/AR2006110600588.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/06/AR2006110600588.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said yesterday that home sales and prices may continue to slide for some time, but the broader U.S. economy appears poised for a rebound. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Greenspan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Unconcerned]]></category><category><![CDATA[About]]></category><category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Housing Hurts, Bernanke Says ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/04/AR2006100400901.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/04/AR2006100400901.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The "substantial" slump in the housing market is likely to slow U.S. economic growth by about a third in the second half of this year and dampen growth early next year, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said yesterday. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hurts,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Says]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bernanke: Baby Boomers Will Strain U.S. ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/04/AR2006100401596.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/04/AR2006100401596.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:34:32 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday the burden from retiring baby boomers will strain the nation's budget and economy, unless Social Security and Medicare are revamped.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885758521" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885758521" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>JEANNINE AVERSA</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bernanke:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Baby]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boomers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Will]]></category><category><![CDATA[Strain]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S.]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Chief Backs Global-Wealth Sharing ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/25/AR2006082500418.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/25/AR2006082500418.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JACKSON HOLE, Wyo., Aug. 25 -- Government policymakers should work to make sure the benefits of economic globalization are widely enjoyed to maintain political support for free trade, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said today. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chief]]></category><category><![CDATA[Backs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Global-Wealth]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sharing]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Keeps Key Rate Steady At 5.25% ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/08/AR2006080800085.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/08/AR2006080800085.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The longest sustained campaign of interest-rate hikes in Federal Reserve history ended yesterday as the central bank left its benchmark rate unchanged, snapping a string of 17 consecutive increases. ]]></description><dc:creator>Paul Blustein</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Keeps]]></category><category><![CDATA[Key]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Steady]]></category><category><![CDATA[At]]></category><category><![CDATA[5.25%]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Putting Their Mouth Where the Money Is ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/05/AR2006080500133.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/05/AR2006080500133.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Most people who follow the Federal Reserve may be fixated right now on what it will do Tuesday about interest rates. ]]></description><dc:creator>Chet Currier</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Putting]]></category><category><![CDATA[Their]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mouth]]></category><category><![CDATA[Where]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Money]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Secret of the Up-or-Holding Rate: Tuesday's Fed Mystery Theater ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/03/AR2006080301484.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/03/AR2006080301484.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal Reserve policymakers haven't provided a wink, a nod or even a coded phrase to telegraph what they plan to do with interest rates when they gather Tuesday -- the first time in three years the outcome has been uncertain so close to their meeting.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885759800" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885759800" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Secret]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Up-or-Holding]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rate:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tuesday's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mystery]]></category><category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stocks Rise as Bernanke Hints That Fed May Pause Rate Increases ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/19/AR2006071900602.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/19/AR2006071900602.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said yesterday that the central bank remains worried about rising inflation, but he did not signal any immediate plan to raise interest rates again to combat it, sending stock prices soaring in relief. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rise]]></category><category><![CDATA[as]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hints]]></category><category><![CDATA[That]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[May]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pause]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Increases]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Key Fed Rate Raised to 5.25%, A 5-Year High ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/29/AR2006062900304.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/29/AR2006062900304.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal Reserve policymakers raised a key interest rate yesterday to the highest level in more than five years and signaled that they may lift it further to combat rising inflation. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Key]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Raised]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[5.25%,]]></category><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[5-Year]]></category><category><![CDATA[High]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Tighter, Tighter: When Will Fed Increases Start to Pinch? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/28/AR2006062802203.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/28/AR2006062802203.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Federal Reserve is on track to lift its benchmark interest rate again today for a 17th consecutive quarter-percentage-point increase over 25 months, making this the longest sustained campaign on record of raising interest rates. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Tighter,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tighter:]]></category><category><![CDATA[When]]></category><category><![CDATA[Will]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Increases]]></category><category><![CDATA[Start]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pinch?]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Greenspan Testifies on Oil Dependence, and Few Pay Attention ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/07/AR2006060700625.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/07/AR2006060700625.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Shorn of his powers at the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan may have lost a tad of the aura and authority that until recently made his every word worth deciphering.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885800374" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885800374" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Steven Mufson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Greenspan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Testifies]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dependence,]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Few]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pay]]></category><category><![CDATA[Attention]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Ben Bernanke: Tough Guy ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/06/AR2006060601324.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/06/AR2006060601324.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Ben S. Bernanke rattled world financial markets Monday with his tough talk about combating inflation, but he also buffed up his image as a strong Federal Reserve chairman committed to the fight, analysts said yesterday. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Ben]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bernanke:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tough]]></category><category><![CDATA[Guy]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Chief Raises Inflation Concern ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/05/AR2006060500613.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/05/AR2006060500613.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke expressed more concern about rising inflation than the cooling U.S. economy yesterday, sending his strongest signal yet that interest rates are probably headed higher. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson and Brooke A. Masters</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chief]]></category><category><![CDATA[Raises]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inflation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Concern]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Kept Options Open on Rates ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/31/AR2006053101331.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/31/AR2006053101331.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal Reserve officials were so concerned at their last meeting about rising inflation that they considered raising interest rates more aggressively than they had in six years. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kept]]></category><category><![CDATA[Options]]></category><category><![CDATA[Open]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rates]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Chief Calls His Remarks A Mistake ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/23/AR2006052300642.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/23/AR2006052300642.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said yesterday that he erred by talking to a TV news anchor about interest rate policy at a recent Washington dinner, making remarks that caused stock prices to plunge when they were reported a few days later.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885800946" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885800946" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chief]]></category><category><![CDATA[Calls]]></category><category><![CDATA[His]]></category><category><![CDATA[Remarks]]></category><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mistake]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Rising Expenses Have Consumers Feeling Pinched ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/06/AR2006050601343.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/06/AR2006050601343.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Gas. Food. Shoes. Sometimes it seems like everything is costing more, said Haydee Rivera, 31, who said she often works 60 hours a week at her job with a fast-food takeout vendor. "For me, it is difficult because I would like to rest, but I can't." ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson, Cecilia Kang and Tomoeh Murakami Tse</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Rising]]></category><category><![CDATA[Expenses]]></category><category><![CDATA[Have]]></category><category><![CDATA[Consumers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Feeling]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pinched]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Apprentice Maestro's Missteps ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/04/AR2006050401695.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/04/AR2006050401695.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Alan Greenspan was often accused of being incomprehensible in his public utterances. "If you understood what I said, I must have misspoken," he famously told a senator once. Yet in private, Greenspan communicated so clearly through a network of invisible intermediaries that his actions rarely... ]]></description><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Apprentice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maestro's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Missteps]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Economic Summit Takes On Anacostia ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/03/AR2006050302302.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/03/AR2006050302302.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In three months as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Ben S. Bernanke has learned how his words can affect global markets. Yesterday, he turned his attention closer to home. ]]></description><dc:creator>Neil Irwin</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Economic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Summit]]></category><category><![CDATA[Takes]]></category><category><![CDATA[On]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anacostia]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Investors Misunderstood Bernanke Testimony, CNBC Anchor Says ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/01/AR2006050101514.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/01/AR2006050101514.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Stock prices fell yesterday after CNBC, the financial news cable television network, reported that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said investors would be wrong to think the central bank has finished raising interest rates.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885801403" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885801403" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Investors]]></category><category><![CDATA[Misunderstood]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Testimony,]]></category><category><![CDATA[CNBC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anchor]]></category><category><![CDATA[Says]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bernanke: Fed Rate Hikes May Pause ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/27/AR2006042700766.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/27/AR2006042700766.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke told Congress yesterday that he and his central bank colleagues may pause in the process of raising interest rates to restrain inflation but that would not necessarily mean they were finished. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bernanke:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hikes]]></category><category><![CDATA[May]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pause]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Investors Embrace Bernanke's Remarks ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/27/AR2006042702138.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/27/AR2006042702138.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, April 27 -- Stocks closed mostly higher Thursday as Wall Street brushed aside concerns about a Chinese interest rate hike to focus on comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke that a pause in U.S. rate increases may be ahead. ]]></description><dc:creator>Post</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Investors]]></category><category><![CDATA[Embrace]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bernanke's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Remarks]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bernanke Won't Hint At Ending Rise in Rates ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/26/AR2006042600557.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/26/AR2006042600557.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is going to disappoint a lot of listeners when he addresses Congress today and provides no guidance on when the central bank will stop raising interest rates to keep inflation under control. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Won't]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hint]]></category><category><![CDATA[At]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ending]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rise]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rates]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Fed Wannabe Feels Students' Sting ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/26/AR2006042602529.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/26/AR2006042602529.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Who says business school isn't fun? At Columbia University, that MBA crowd is a crack-up.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885802085" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885802085" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wannabe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Feels]]></category><category><![CDATA[Students']]></category><category><![CDATA[Sting]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ No Stop Sign Yet: Inflation Revs Up ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/19/AR2006041902485.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/19/AR2006041902485.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Climbing gasoline prices helped push inflation higher last month, the government reported yesterday, heightening concerns that businesses may be passing more of their energy costs to consumers. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[No]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stop]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sign]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yet:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inflation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Revs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Up]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ On the Record From 2000: Fed Got the Signals Wrong ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/04/AR2006040401940.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/04/AR2006040401940.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ You know you've been in Washington too long when you actually enjoy reading five-year-old transcripts of the Federal Reserve's rate-setting meetings. ]]></description><dc:creator>Steven Pearlstein</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[On]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Record]]></category><category><![CDATA[From]]></category><category><![CDATA[2000:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Got]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Signals]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wrong]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Fed's Bright Idea ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/27/AR2006032701372.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/27/AR2006032701372.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal Reserve officials will conclude their policymaking meeting today by carrying on a practice that former chairman Alan Greenspan began as a radical innovation 12 years ago. They will tell the world what they have decided to do with short-term interest rates. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bright]]></category><category><![CDATA[Idea]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Chairman G. William Miller, 81 ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/19/AR2006031901108.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/19/AR2006031901108.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ G. William Miller, 81, an engineer, lawyer and corporate executive who served as Federal Reserve chairman and treasury secretary during the Carter administration and oversaw the corporate bailout for Chrysler, died March 17 at his home in Washington. He had idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a...<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885802948" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885802948" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Adam Bernstein</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chairman]]></category><category><![CDATA[G.]]></category><category><![CDATA[William]]></category><category><![CDATA[Miller,]]></category><category><![CDATA[81]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Hanging on Whose Words? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/16/AR2006031601970.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/16/AR2006031601970.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Bill Poole, who? That would be William Poole, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and one of several central bank officials who has gained a bigger share of the spotlight now that former chairman Alan Greenspan has stepped down. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Hanging]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Whose]]></category><category><![CDATA[Words?]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ New York Fed President Hints at Continued Interest Rate Hikes ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/09/AR2006030902231.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/09/AR2006030902231.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Federal Reserve might have to raise its benchmark short-term interest rate higher than it would otherwise to keep inflation contained because low long-term rates are stimulating the economy, a top central bank official said yesterday. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[New]]></category><category><![CDATA[York]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[President]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hints]]></category><category><![CDATA[at]]></category><category><![CDATA[Continued]]></category><category><![CDATA[Interest]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hikes]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ High Interest in Alan Greenspan Memoir Rates Huge Advance ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/07/AR2006030701832.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/07/AR2006030701832.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Alan Greenspan has a book deal, and it has put him once again in rarefied financial company. ]]></description><dc:creator>Bob Thompson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[High]]></category><category><![CDATA[Interest]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Greenspan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Memoir]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Huge]]></category><category><![CDATA[Advance]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Official Warns of Changes ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/28/AR2006022801509.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/28/AR2006022801509.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A top Federal Reserve official warned yesterday that the U.S. financial system is evolving faster than the ability of investors, lenders and regulators to evaluate and manage the risks involved.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885803572" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885803572" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Official]]></category><category><![CDATA[Warns]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Changes]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bernanke Preaches Virtues of Saving ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/16/AR2006021602190.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/16/AR2006021602190.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Americans should save more and work to shrink the country's record trade deficit, Ben S. Bernanke told Congress yesterday, expressing more concern about these topics in his new job as Federal Reserve chairman than he did in his previous job as President Bush's top economic adviser. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Preaches]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virtues]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Saving]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bernanke Criticizes Fannie, Freddie Bill ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/15/AR2006021502457.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/15/AR2006021502457.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In his first appearance before Congress as Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke picked up where Alan Greenspan left off, criticizing a House bill that would strengthen oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for not going far enough to rein in the companies' investment portfolios. ]]></description><dc:creator>Annys Shin</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Criticizes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fannie,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Freddie]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Transcript: Ben Bernanke's First Congressional Testimony as Fed Chair ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/15/AR2006021501367.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/15/AR2006021501367.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:10:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The following are opening remarks by the chairman and ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. ]]></description><dc:creator>washingtonpost.com</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Transcript:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ben]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bernanke's]]></category><category><![CDATA[First]]></category><category><![CDATA[Congressional]]></category><category><![CDATA[Testimony]]></category><category><![CDATA[as]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chair]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Nominees Pressed on Political Ties ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/14/AR2006021401909.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/14/AR2006021401909.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ President Bush's decision to elevate three former administration economic advisers to the Federal Reserve Board prompted questions yesterday about whether they would be able to steer the economy independently of the White House they have served.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885805589" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885805589" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nominees]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pressed]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Political]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ties]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ New Fed Chairman's Arrival Doesn't Change Growing Allure of Bonds ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/11/AR2006021100236.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/11/AR2006021100236.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The departure of Alan Greenspan and arrival of Ben S. Bernanke at the Federal Reserve have done nothing to deflect mutual fund investors from the big question: When will the Fed stop raising rates? ]]></description><dc:creator>Joe Bel Bruno</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[New]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chairman's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arrival]]></category><category><![CDATA[Doesn't]]></category><category><![CDATA[Change]]></category><category><![CDATA[Growing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Allure]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bonds]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Sir Alan, Britain's Newest Economic Adviser ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/01/AR2006020102142.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/01/AR2006020102142.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ As Alan Greenspan opened his new consulting firm, the British government's top economic official announced that he had retained the former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman as an unpaid adviser on economic issues. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Sir]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alan,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Britain's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Newest]]></category><category><![CDATA[Economic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Adviser]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Exit the Maestro ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/31/AR2006013101110.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/31/AR2006013101110.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The economic success of the past 18 years is largely put on the shoulders of the retiring Alan Greenspan, but only time will tell how big of a role he really played in that success. ]]></description><dc:creator>Robert J. Samuelson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Exit]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maestro]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Raises Rate as Its Chairman Bows Out ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/31/AR2006013101004.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/31/AR2006013101004.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal Reserve officials, after greeting Alan Greenspan with a standing ovation on his last day as their chairman, raised their benchmark short-term interest rate yesterday and signaled that they may nudge it higher in coming months to make sure brisk economic growth does not fuel higher inflation.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885809338" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885809338" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Raises]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rate]]></category><category><![CDATA[as]]></category><category><![CDATA[Its]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chairman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bows]]></category><category><![CDATA[Out]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bernanke Inherits an Experienced Fed Staff ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/30/AR2006013001460.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/30/AR2006013001460.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Alan Greenspan was unreachable on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, as terrorists destroyed several blocks in the financial heart of New York City. Returning from a bankers' conference in Switzerland, the Federal Reserve chairman was flying in a jet over the Atlantic -- depriving the central bank of... ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inherits]]></category><category><![CDATA[an]]></category><category><![CDATA[Experienced]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Staff]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bush Picks 2 Economists For Federal Reserve Board ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/27/AR2006012701518.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/27/AR2006012701518.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ President Bush moved yesterday to fill two vacancies at the Federal Reserve, nominating Randall S. Kroszner, a University of Chicago economist, and Kevin M. Warsh, a White House economic aide, to become members of the Fed's seven-member board of governors. ]]></description><dc:creator>Paul Blustein</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Picks]]></category><category><![CDATA[2]]></category><category><![CDATA[Economists]]></category><category><![CDATA[For]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Board]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Chairman Moved a Nation ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/26/AR2006012602123.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/26/AR2006012602123.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Government leaders, Wall Street analysts and academics have heaped accolades on Alan Greenspan as he prepares to step down as Federal Reserve chairman, leaving behind a strong economic expansion, tame inflation and low unemployment after more than 18 years of adjusting the nation's interest rates. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Chairman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Moved]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nation]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Greenspan Again Asks Congress to Close Banking Loophole ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/26/AR2006012602095.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/26/AR2006012602095.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Outgoing Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan has repeated a long-standing plea to Congress to close a legal loophole that Wal-Mart Stores, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, General Electric and other companies hope to use to create a nationwide banking system that competes head-to-head with...<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885810455" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885810455" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Kathleen Day</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Greenspan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Again]]></category><category><![CDATA[Asks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Close]]></category><category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category><category><![CDATA[Loophole]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ As Economy Thrived Under Greenspan, So Did Debt ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/22/AR2006012201027.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/22/AR2006012201027.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Although the economy thrived despite stock market crashes and other shocks, Greenspan leaves behind a nation awash in debt. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[As]]></category><category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thrived]]></category><category><![CDATA[Under]]></category><category><![CDATA[Greenspan,]]></category><category><![CDATA[So]]></category><category><![CDATA[Did]]></category><category><![CDATA[Debt]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Keeps Rate on Rise ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/13/AR2005121301906.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/13/AR2005121301906.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal Reserve officials, expressing concern that strong economic growth may fan inflationary pressures, raised their benchmark short-term interest rate again yesterday and indicated that they will lift it again next year to keep the lid on price increases. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Keeps]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rate]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rise]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ 'Transparent' Won't Always Mean Clear at Bernanke's Fed ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/26/AR2005112600175.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/26/AR2005112600175.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ If the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben S. Bernanke, succeeds in making the Fed more "transparent," imagine how life might change for investors. ]]></description><dc:creator>Chet Currier</dc:creator><category><![CDATA['Transparent']]></category><category><![CDATA[Won't]]></category><category><![CDATA[Always]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mean]]></category><category><![CDATA[Clear]]></category><category><![CDATA[at]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bernanke's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Rates Rose on Inflation Fears ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/22/AR2005112201722.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/22/AR2005112201722.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Worried that high energy costs could feed into other prices and spread inflation throughout the economy, Federal Reserve policymakers in November felt the need to keep pushing interest rates higher.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885811279" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885811279" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Jeannine Aversa</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Rates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rose]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inflation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fears]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Senate Banking Panel Endorses Bernanke ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/16/AR2005111602274.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/16/AR2005111602274.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Ben S. Bernanke moved a step closer yesterday to becoming the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, a job where he will wield much power over the financial fortunes of investors big and small. ]]></description><dc:creator>Jeannine Aversa</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category><category><![CDATA[Panel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Endorses]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Nominee's First Feat: Bridging the Partisan Divide ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/15/AR2005111501612.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/15/AR2005111501612.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Ben Shalom Bernanke's name means "son of peace" in Hebrew -- and peace is what he brought yesterday to the often fractious bunch of senators who will soon confirm him to be chairman of the Federal Reserve. ]]></description><dc:creator>Dana Milbank</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nominee's]]></category><category><![CDATA[First]]></category><category><![CDATA[Feat:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bridging]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Partisan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Divide]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Hearing Regarding Ben Bernanke's Nomination to Be Chairman of the Board of Goverrnors of the Federal Reserve ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/15/AR2005111500670.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/15/AR2005111500670.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:15:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs ]]></description><dc:creator>washingtonpost.com</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Hearing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Regarding]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ben]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bernanke's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nomination]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Be]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chairman]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Board]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Goverrnors]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bernanke Unwrapped ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/14/AR2005111401544.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/14/AR2005111401544.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In the early 1970s, when college for many meant antiwar protests and experimenting with recreational drugs, friends say Ben S. Bernanke was busy at Harvard and MIT trying to figure out the monetary causes of the Great Depression. Ben Shalom Bernanke was born Dec. 13, 1953, in Augusta, Ga., and...<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885812436" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885812436" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Ben White</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Unwrapped]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Greenspan's Smoothing Legacy ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/12/AR2005111200153.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/12/AR2005111200153.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In Alan Greenspan's 18 years as chairman of the Federal Reserve, the ups and downs of the stock market have undergone some striking changes. ]]></description><dc:creator>Chet Currier</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Greenspan's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Smoothing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Legacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bernanke Would Lead With Words As Well as Rates, Fed Observers Say ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/11/AR2005111101842.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/11/AR2005111101842.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Wall Street was growing worried in November 2002 that the Federal Reserve might not be able to keep the economy from tumbling into another downturn. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Would]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lead]]></category><category><![CDATA[With]]></category><category><![CDATA[Words]]></category><category><![CDATA[As]]></category><category><![CDATA[Well]]></category><category><![CDATA[as]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rates,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Observers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Say]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Greenspan Reiterates Warning on Deficits ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/03/AR2005110300220.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/03/AR2005110300220.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said yesterday that the U.S. economy is in generally good health but will suffer in coming years unless Congress slows the growth of federal budget deficits. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Greenspan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reiterates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Warning]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deficits]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Raises Key Rate Again ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/01/AR2005110100306.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/01/AR2005110100306.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal Reserve officials, confident that hurricanes Katrina and Rita slowed the economy only temporarily, raised their benchmark short-term rate yesterday and indicated that they are likely to keep nudging it higher to keep inflation under control.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885812854" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885812854" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Raises]]></category><category><![CDATA[Key]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Again]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Myth of the All-Powerful Fed ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/31/AR2005103101675.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/31/AR2005103101675.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ We all like to believe that there's an all-knowing, all-powerful force looking after us. No, I'm not talking about organized religion and God. I'm talking about the widespread belief that an all-powerful Federal Reserve Board controls interest rates and inflation and is looking out for each and... ]]></description><dc:creator>Allan Sloan</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Myth]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[All-Powerful]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Nominee Says He Will Avoid Fray Of Politics ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/27/AR2005102702193.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/27/AR2005102702193.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Ben S. Bernanke urged Congress last week to reduce the federal deficit, cut government spending and make the Bush administration's recent tax cuts permanent. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nominee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Says]]></category><category><![CDATA[He]]></category><category><![CDATA[Will]]></category><category><![CDATA[Avoid]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fray]]></category><category><![CDATA[Of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bernanke: There's No Housing Bubble to Go Bust ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/26/AR2005102602255.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/26/AR2005102602255.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Ben S. Bernanke does not think the national housing boom is a bubble that is about to burst, he indicated to Congress last week, just a few days before President Bush nominated him to become the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bernanke:]]></category><category><![CDATA[There's]]></category><category><![CDATA[No]]></category><category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bubble]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Go]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bust]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Inflation: Man vs. Machine ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/25/AR2005102501828.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/25/AR2005102501828.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Before Mr. Bernanke came to Washington -- and long before President Bush nominated him to run the Federal Reserve -- he proposed creating a machine to crank out the central bank's interest-rate decisions.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885813441" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885813441" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Inflation:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Man]]></category><category><![CDATA[vs.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Machine]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Modern Markets Shatter Model Of Fed Chairman's Power ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/25/AR2005102501809.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/25/AR2005102501809.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In all the hubbub over the appointment of Ben Bernanke to replace the irreplaceable Alan Greenspan, one inconvenient development has been ignored: ]]></description><dc:creator>Steven Pearlstein</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Modern]]></category><category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shatter]]></category><category><![CDATA[Model]]></category><category><![CDATA[Of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chairman's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Power]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ What does a Fed chairman do?  ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/25/AR2005102500720.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/25/AR2005102500720.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:13:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Everyone says the Federal Reserve is important, but just what it does isn't all that clear to most people. Learn about the fed chairman's role and responsibilities. ]]></description><dc:creator>MARTIN CRUTSINGER</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[What]]></category><category><![CDATA[does]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[chairman]]></category><category><![CDATA[do? ]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bush Picks Adviser as Greenspan's Successor ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/24/AR2005102400670.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/24/AR2005102400670.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ President Bush yesterday named his top economic adviser, Ben S. Bernanke, to succeed Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, who steps down Jan. 31 after helping guide the U.S. economy for more than 18 years. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Picks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Adviser]]></category><category><![CDATA[as]]></category><category><![CDATA[Greenspan's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Successor]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bernanke Seen as Safe Pick For a White House in Straits ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/24/AR2005102401737.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/24/AR2005102401737.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The nominee to be the next Federal Reserve Board chairman has unassailable credentials and enough distance from the White House to blunt charges of cronyism, former White House officials and economists say.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885814355" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885814355" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Jonathan Weisman</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bernanke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Seen]]></category><category><![CDATA[as]]></category><category><![CDATA[Safe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pick]]></category><category><![CDATA[For]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[White]]></category><category><![CDATA[House]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Straits]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Nominee Forms Bonds and Policy ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/24/AR2005102401733.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/24/AR2005102401733.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Something was amiss in the Oval Office. Ben S. Bernanke, President Bush's new chief economic adviser, had arrived to brief the president last summer wearing a charcoal suit, black shoes and -- gasp -- tan socks. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson and Paul Blustein</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Nominee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Forms]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bonds]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Wall Street Greets Nomination With Rally ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/24/AR2005102401808.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/24/AR2005102401808.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, Oct. 24 -- Stock market investors warmly embraced President Bush's selection of Ben S. Bernanke to succeed Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve, sending the Dow Jones industrial average up 169.78 points, or 1.7 percent, the biggest rally in six months. Broader stock...... ]]></description><dc:creator>Ben White</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Wall]]></category><category><![CDATA[Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Greets]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nomination]]></category><category><![CDATA[With]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rally]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Transcript: President Bush Announces His Nominee for Federal Reserve Chairman ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/24/AR2005102400866.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/24/AR2005102400866.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:21:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ President George W. Bush announced his nomination of Ben S. Bernanke to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. The announcement was made from the Oval Office.  A transcript follows: ]]></description><dc:creator>washingtonpost.com</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Transcript:]]></category><category><![CDATA[President]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Announces]]></category><category><![CDATA[His]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nominee]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chairman]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Says Many Prices Going Up ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/19/AR2005101900499.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/19/AR2005101900499.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A South Carolina lumber store recently boosted retail prices to cover its rising wholesale costs. A Virginia hardware store has tacked freight surcharges onto its goods. Hotels across the country have boosted their room rates, and many say they plan more increases.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885814987" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885814987" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Says]]></category><category><![CDATA[Many]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category><category><![CDATA[Going]]></category><category><![CDATA[Up]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fed Worried Katrina Would Boost Inflation, Minutes Show ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/11/AR2005101100959.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/11/AR2005101100959.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Federal Reserve felt the need to keep boosting interest rates in September partly out of concern that a pause might mislead people into thinking it was too worried about the economic impact of Hurricane Katrina, according to minutes from the Sept 20. closed-door discussions. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Worried]]></category><category><![CDATA[Katrina]]></category><category><![CDATA[Would]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boost]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inflation,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Minutes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Show]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bush Calls for Independent Fed Chairman ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/04/AR2005100401629.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/04/AR2005100401629.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ President Bush said yesterday that he is looking for a successor to Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan who would be seen as politically independent and who would inspire global confidence. ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Calls]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Independent]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chairman]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Mortgage Lenders Analyzed For Bias ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/30/AR2005093001683.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/30/AR2005093001683.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ About 200 lending institutions are under review by federal regulators to examine whether they make mortgage loans fairly or are discriminating against minorities by charging them higher rates. ]]></description><dc:creator>Kirstin Downey</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Mortgage]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lenders]]></category><category><![CDATA[Analyzed]]></category><category><![CDATA[For]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bias]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Greenspan Credits Economy's 'Flexibility' ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/27/AR2005092701713.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/27/AR2005092701713.html?nav=rss_business/special/8</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The U.S. economy has absorbed recent sharp increases in energy prices with little trouble because it has become more dynamic, competitive and open to global trade over the past quarter-century, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said yesterday.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885815916" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business/special/8;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=41885815916" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Nell Henderson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Greenspan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Credits]]></category><category><![CDATA[Economy's]]></category><category><![CDATA['Flexibility']]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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