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USA: BRAZILlAN FINANCE MINISTER SPEAKS ABOUT ECONOMIC PLANS
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In an effort to reassure nervous world markets, Pedro Malan, Brazil's Finance Minister, spoke in Washington about his plans to launch Brazil's recovery from last weeks financial crisis.
The country's interest rates have...
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Billions of dollars in bailout money is flowing from the federal government to U.S. banks. An impatient White House is prodding financial institutions to not hoard that money and instead start making loans.
HEADLINE: Banks get money, White House says lend it
CAPTION: Billions of dollars in bailout money is flowing from the federal government to U.S. banks. An impatient White House is prodding financial institutions to not hoard that money...
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US trade secretary comments on China, strong dollar
1. Press
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Snow, US Treasury Secretary
"We favour a strong dollar, a strong dollar is in our interest. I think the exchange value of currency are best established in open competitive currency markets. No one...
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USA: TRADE AGREEMENT ON GLASS REACHED WITH JAPAN
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The United States says agreement has been reached with Tokyo on increasing foreign access to Japan's lucrative glass market.
US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor says the Japanese have agreed to open their four (b) billion...
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Xi-Li Discord Paralyzes Officials Responsible for Policy
There is a Xi versus Li discord going on in China. Chinese President Xi Jinping is adamant about the Covid Zero policy and maintaining it. Meanwhile Premier Li Keqiang is calling for a better balance between covid controls and economic...
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Bush signs fast track trade legislation
1. Wide shot of Bush walking into East Room of the White House
2. Wide side shot of Bush at podium
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) US President George W. Bush
"Trade is an important source of good jobs for our workers and a source of higher...
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Jolted to action by deficit-conscious newcomers, the Republican-controlled House passed sweeping legislation early Saturday to cut $61 billion from hundreds of federal programs and shelter coal companies, oil refiners and farmers from new government regulations. (Feb. 19)
HEADLINE: House passes sweeping cuts to domestic programs
CAPTION: Jolted to action by deficit-conscious newcomers, the Republican-controlled House passed sweeping legislation early Saturday to cut $61 billion from hundreds of federal...
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4:3 US Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke on interest rates
1. Wide of Senate Banking Committee hearing chamber
2. Profile shot of Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Chairman and other government financial chiefs
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ben Bernanke, US Federal Reserve Chairman:
"Using the debt limit...
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Belgium-Interview US Ambassador To EU Eizenstat
United States and European Union presidents will meet for a summit
in Madrid on Sunday to initial a political declaration calling for
wide ranging economic and political cooperation between the us and
the eu. Interviewed in Brussels on...
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Federal Reserve chief says weak economy has tightened credit
1. Wide view of hearing
2. Mid view of Senators
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan Greenspan, US Federal Reserve Chairman.
"Many of the traditional quantitative and qualitative indicators suggest that bank asset quality is deteriorating and...
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US Treasury Secretary Geithner on European financial crisis
1. Director of Mexico's stock market, Luis Tellez (left) talking to official outside meeting room
2. Mid of officials talking outside meeting room during coffee break
3. Head of Bank of Canada Mark Carney (in red tie) greeting people...
Bloomberg
White House's Kudlow on Payrolls, Loan Relief, China Tariffs and OPEC
Apr.03 -- Larry Kudlow, White House National Economic Council director, discusses the March U.S. payrolls report, the U.S. government's loan relief program, tariffs and working with OPEC. He speaks with Bloomberg's Jonathan Ferro on...
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Fed Boosts Interest Rate For Third Time in 2017
The Federal Reserve is raising its benchmark interest rate for the third time this year, signaling its confidence that the U.S. economy remains on solid footing 8½ years after the end of the Great Recession.
The Fed is...
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Fed Boosts Interest Rate For Third Time in 2017
The Federal Reserve is raising its benchmark interest rate for the third time this year, signaling its confidence that the U.S. economy remains on solid footing 8 and a half years after the end of the Great Recession.
The...
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UK's Johnson woos remainers in Valentine's Day Brexit address
Britain should make a clean break with European Union laws and regulations after it leaves the bloc, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Wednesday, arguing that the UK will prosper after Brexit by "going global."
Johnson,...
Bloomberg
What Does Dropping GDP Target Say About China's Policies?
May.21 -- Michael Pettis, finance professor at Peking University, talks about China's economy and policies. China has abandoned its usual practice of setting a numerical target for economic growth this year due to the turmoil caused by...
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Trump Nominates Jerome Powell as Fed Chairman
President Donald Trump is choosing Federal Reserve board member Jerome Powell to become the next chair of the U.S. central bank.
In a Rose Garden announcement, Trump called Powell "strong," "committed" and "smart" and said...
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The Federal Reserve sought Wednesday to clarify a question that investors have been trying to determine: When it might start to raise short-term interest rates from record lows. (March 19)
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The Federal Reserve sought Wednesday to clarify a question that investors have been trying to determine: When it might start to raise short-term interest rates from record lows.
The Fed...
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Rep. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, says Republicans will not vote to raise the nation's borrowing limit, now at $14.3 trillion, in the coming weeks unless the measure also includes steps to cut government spending. (April 30)
HEADLINE (48 characters): GOP Address: Energy Costs, National debt
CAPTION: (255 characters): Rep. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, says Republicans will not vote to raise the nation's borrowing limit, now at $14.3 trillion, in the coming...
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USA: UPCOMING WTO MEETING LATEST
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President Clinton's top trade official has warned that the upcoming meeting of the World Trade Organisation has to be successful.
Trade representative Charlene Barshefsky told the House Committee on Agriculture that the...
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US treasury secretary on currency, TPP in China
US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said on Sunday that China's consumers would benefit from a market orientated exchange rate.Speaking at the Tsinghua University business school in Beijing, ahead of the eighth round of the US-China...
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President Barack Obama's ban on earmarks in the $825 billion economic stimulus bill doesn't mean interest groups, lobbyists and lawmakers won't be able to funnel money to pet projects.
HEADLINE: Economist: not easy to ditch budget 'earmarks'
CAPTION: President Barack Obama's ban on earmarks in the $825 billion economic stimulus bill doesn't mean interest groups, lobbyists and lawmakers won't be able to funnel money to...
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SKorea and U.S. reach free trade agreement, Presser
1. Wide shot of Deputy U.S.Trade Representative Karan Bhatia and South Korean Trade Minister Kim Hyun-chong arriving at news conference
2. Cutaway to cameras
3. Medium shot of Chief U.S. Negotiator Wendy Cutler sitting with aides
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Trade official in push for resumption of trade talks
1. Robert Zoellick, US trade representative at podium
2. Media
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Robert Zoellick, US trade representative:
"In the months after Cancun, a number of companies were feeling some sense of disappointment - a realisation...