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        <title><![CDATA[Lena Komileva - Mng Partner/Chief Economist]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Lena Komileva is managing partner and chief economist at G+ Economics, an international market research and economic intelligence consultancy based in London. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How the ECB Should Begin to Normalize Monetary Policy]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The central bank needs some new tools to navigate the unique challenges that are likely to confront the euro-zone economy. ]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lena Komileva]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2022 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), speaks at the ECB And Its Watchers conference in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, March 17, 2022. Lagarde stressed policy makers&apos; ability to alter course if needed as Russia&apos;s war in Ukraine risks setting in motion &quot;new inflationary trends&quot; that may take some time to emerge.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[5 Central Bank Unknowns That Will Shape Markets in 2022]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Pronouncements from the Fed, BOE and ECB reveal a wide disconnect between market expectations and monetary policy.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2021 05:00:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Where to next?</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve Faces Its Greatest Pandemic Test Yet]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[After the growth shock of 2020 and the inflation shock of 2021, markets are not ready for a policy shock in 2022.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-06/after-jackson-hole-federal-reserve-faces-its-greatest-pandemic-test-yet</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lena Komileva]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2021 06:00:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks virtually during the Jackson Hole economic symposium in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. In his first three years atop the Federal Reserve, Powell has followed in the path of his predecessors and used the central bank&apos;s annual meeting to make major pronouncements on monetary policy and the economy.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Is the ECB Ready for its Credibility Test?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The markets may have yawned when the central bank released its new inflation metrics but Lagarde has taken an important step in reestablishing efficacy.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-07-13/christine-lagarde-prepares-the-ecb-for-a-big-credibility-test</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lena Komileva]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2021 05:30:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Markets Are Ignoring the Main Driver of Today’s Inflation]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[In a rollercoaster economic cycle, inflation is the temporary cost of Covid uncertainty.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-09/covid-inflation-markets-are-ignoring-the-main-driver-of-today-s-price-gains</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lena Komileva]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2021 06:30:16 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 18: Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) arrives for a Senate Republican Policy luncheon at the Russell Senate Office Building on May 18, 2021 in Washington, DC. Scott spoke on inflation and the rising cost of goods prior to arriving. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Public Debt Isn't the Problem, Soaring Deficits Are]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[For markets, it is not debt levels, but fear of uncontrolled debt growth, where crises are born.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-15/covid-stimulus-europe-s-public-debt-isn-t-the-problem-soaring-deficits-are</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2021 06:00:22 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Watch the ratio.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Case for Keeping Europe’s Negative Rates Where They Are]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[As the gap between the haves and have-nots has grown, the European Central Bank’s policy has been a great equalizer.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-12-14/the-case-for-ecb-keeping-europe-s-negative-rates-where-they-are</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 07:30:19 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), and Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, talk during a round table meeting at a European Union (EU) leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnsons last-ditch plea for European Union leaders to step in and salvage the blocs faltering trade negotiations with the U.K. was frustrated when summit talks overran on Thursday night, pushing Brexit off the agenda.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Rules of the Game Are Changing for Investors]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Markets have all the earmarks of late-cycle dynamics, such as excessive risk taking and financial leverage.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-02-16/the-rules-of-the-game-are-changing-for-investors</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lena Komileva]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2018 10:00:36 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Wall Street sign near the front of the New York Stock Exchange August 5, 2011.  AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA        (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Fed Is Losing Control of the Financial Markets]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The flip-side of tolerating easier financial conditions while U.S. growth is robust is valuation distortions in markets.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-01-16/the-fed-is-losing-control-of-the-financial-markets</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lena Komileva]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2018 12:00:14 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve nominee for U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks during a Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017. Powell signaled broad support for how the Fed operates, regulates and guides the economy, offering a full-throated defense of the government institution he&apos;s about to lead. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stocks and Bonds Are Sending the Correct Signals]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Although the economy is not about to fall into recession, it is close to the peak for the current growth cycle.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2017 10:00:27 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>NEW YORK - OCTOBER 07:  A bronze statue of a bull fighting with a bear is displayed at the Museum of American Finance October 7, 2008 on Wall St. in New York City. An affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution and located in the former headquarters of the Bank of New York, the museum serves as a financial education center. Exhibitions include a history of U.S. currency, ticker tape from the &apos;Great Crash&quot; of October 29, 1929 and a section of the 1858 Trans-Atlantic cable.  (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)</media:description>
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