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	<title>MacroScope</title>
	
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	<description>Shining a light on the dismal science</description>
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		<title>Mid-Atlantic headwinds for U.S. employment</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/2012/02/21/mid-atlantic-headwinds-for-u-s-employment/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/2012/02/21/mid-atlantic-headwinds-for-u-s-employment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pedro da Costa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor market]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Philly Fed's latest reading on jobs could bode poorly for the official February employment numbers, say analysts at Harris Bank.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Citi, BofA prove too big to punish harshly</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/breakingviews/2012/02/17/citi-bofa-prove-too-big-to-punish-harshly/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.reuters.com/breakingviews/2012/02/17/citi-bofa-prove-too-big-to-punish-harshly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agnes Crane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.reuters.com/breakingviews/?p=9507</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The banks will pay fines - $158 mln and $1 bln respectively - to settle claims they defrauded Uncle Sam through mortgage insurance. Citi even admitted it. Its awful quality control lapses make a ban...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>France: More like Italy than Germany?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/2012/02/17/france-more-like-italy-than-germany/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/2012/02/17/france-more-like-italy-than-germany/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pedro da Costa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crisis]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/?p=6610</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[France has aligned itself with Germany during the European financial crisis, yet the country's debt profile looks more like Italy's.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Europe’s wobbly economy</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/2012/02/15/europes-wobbly-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/2012/02/15/europes-wobbly-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Emmott</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mario draghi]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/?p=6594</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Things are looking a bit unsteady in the euro zone's economy. Economics are divide over how deep the likely recession will be and the EU's top economic official has warned of "risky imbalances."]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Fed hasn’t silenced markets, Williams says</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/2012/02/15/fed-hasnt-silenced-markets-williams-says/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/2012/02/15/fed-hasnt-silenced-markets-williams-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Saphir</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MacroScope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal reserve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[quantitative easing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/?p=6587</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[John Williams, president of the San Francisco Fed, disputes the notion that the central bank's aggressive monetary easing has muted market signals on rates.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Greece – Lost in translation?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/2012/02/13/greece-lost-in-translation/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/2012/02/13/greece-lost-in-translation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sakari Suoninen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/?p=6578</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Greek riot police hand signal rather than speak when tear-gassing protesters - it's all Greek to me.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Greeks on the street</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/jeremy-gaunt/2012/02/13/greeks-on-the-street/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.reuters.com/jeremy-gaunt/2012/02/13/greeks-on-the-street/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Gaunt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[austerity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Greek junta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kosovo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ottomans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Riots]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.reuters.com/jeremy-gaunt/?p=2028</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Greeks smashing windows and setting fire to shops and banks in a fury of opposition to yet more austerity is gripping, but not unique. There are underlying elements than make such uprisings more...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Breaking point? Greece vs. Argentina</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/scott-barber/2012/02/10/breaking-point-greece-vs-argentina/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.reuters.com/scott-barber/2012/02/10/breaking-point-greece-vs-argentina/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Barber</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.reuters.com/scott-barber/?p=1458</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As the crisis in Greece continues, the comparisons with Argentina’s chaotic bankruptcy a decade ago start to look more justified. In Argentina, a bank deposit freeze was the tipping point, triggering...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Baltic shipping index getting drier</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/2012/02/09/baltic-shipping-index-getting-drier/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/2012/02/09/baltic-shipping-index-getting-drier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pedro da Costa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Baltic Dry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shipping]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/?p=6572</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Some analysts are worried that the drop in an index of shipping costs bodes poorly for global economic growth.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>China renminbi as reserve currency: yuan a bet?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/2012/02/08/china-renminbi-as-reserve-currency-yuan-a-bet/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/2012/02/08/china-renminbi-as-reserve-currency-yuan-a-bet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pedro da Costa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MacroScope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brookings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[china]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve currency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yuan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/?p=6566</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Will China's yuan ever become a reserve currency? A new Brookings Institution study says yes, but it will take some time.]]></content:encoded>
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