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	<title><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve Says the Economy is Weak]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hale-stewart/the-federal-reserve-says_b_107186.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>The Federal Reserve released the Beige Book last week. This is a great source of economic information. It is essentially a collection of anecdotal information from the Federal Reserve's contacts in each Federal Reserve district. As such it provides valuable insight into what is actually happening on the ground. <a href ="http://federalreserve.gov/fomc/beigebook/2008/20080611/default.htm">Here is a link</a> to the complete report. I'm going to break this down into smaller pieces of information and provide some charts to flesh out what the report...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Business]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-06-23T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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