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Russia quietly starts to shift its oil trade into rubles

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Andrew E. Kramer
The New York Times
Wednesday, February 27, 2008

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/business/worldbusiness/27place.html?re...

MOSCOW -- Americans surely found little to celebrate when the price of oil settled above $100 a barrel last week.

Asian central banks intervene to slow dollar's fall

Section: Daily Dispatches

Dollar Plunge Sends Asian Currencies Surging;
Some Central Banks Intervene in Market

By Arran Scott
Dow Jones Newswires
via Associated Press
and International Herald-Tribune, Paris

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/27/business/AS-FIN-MKT-Asian-Curr...

Fed chairman signals another interest rate cut

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jeannine Aversa
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Wednesday, February 27, 2008

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080227/ap_on_bi_ge/bernanke_congress

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned Congress that the nation is in for a period of sluggish business growth and sent a fresh signal Wednesday that interest rates will again be lowered to steady the teetering economy.

Greenspan tells Gulf oil producers to dump the dollar

Section: Daily Dispatches

Dropping Gulf's Dollar Peg
Would Ease Inflation: Greenspan

By Souhail Karam and Stanley Carvalho
Reuters
Monday, February 25, 2008

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSL2515874520080225

Please don't expect sustained inflation, Bank of England deputy wimpers

Section: Daily Dispatches

Bank of England Fears Largest Peacetime Liquidity Crisis

By Angela Monaghan
The Telegraph, London
Tuesday, February 26, 2008

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/02/26/bcnlom...

Ted Butler: The real deal

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:30p ET Tuesday, February 27, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Fed's vice chairman expects recession to quell inflation

Section: Daily Dispatches

Kohn Says Fed Weighs Need for More Rate Cuts

By Jim Brumm
Reuters
Tuesday, February 26, 2008

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN2636487720080226

FDIC to add staff as bank failures loom

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Damien Paletta
The Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, February 26, 2008

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120398607404892133.html?mod=hps_us_whats...

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is taking steps to brace for an increase in failed financial institutions as the nation's housing and credit markets continue to worsen.

Rick Ackerman: Gold bugs could call IMF's bluff

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:46p ET Monday, February 25, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Dan Norcini: As commodities soar, suppressing gold loses its point

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Dan Norcini
JSMineset.com
Monday, February 25, 2008

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