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*Fed buys up to $1.75 bln in long-dated Treasuries. NEW YORK, May 22- Treasury debt prices fell on Wednesday with benchmark yields briefly rising above 2 percent as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke kept alive market worries that the U.S. central bank might slow its bond purchases later this year if the economy improves further.
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*Investors to focus on Bernanke's remarks before Congress. NEW YORK, May 22- U.S. Treasuries prices were little changed on Wednesday as investors awaited possible hints from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on whether the U.S. central bank might slow its purchases of bonds this year.
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TOKYO, May 22- The Bank of Japan kept policy steady on Wednesday despite concerns over recent volatility in bond market, saying growth is starting to pick up even as risks loomed from an uncertain global outlook. BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda will hold a news conference from 0630 GMT with his comments expected to come out any time after 0715 GMT.
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NEW YORK, May 21- U.S. Benchmark yields edged up, flirting with 2 percent, which was their highest level since mid-March, after Wall Street stocks touched new highs and nicked the appeal of low-yielding U.S. government debt. There is no reason to bid it before Bernanke, "said Eric Green, global head of rates and currency research and strategy at TD Securities in New York.
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Glenn Hubbard, Columbia Business School dean, explains why he believes a balanced approach is the best way to fix our nation's debt problem and encourage economic growth.
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*Japan draft report warns "no guarantee" domestic investors will keep buying JGBs. But at the same time, he is trying to convince investors that over the longer term Japan will tackle a public debt that, at more than twice the nation's annual economic output, is the biggest in the developed world.
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LONDON, May 20- Low-risk German Bunds fell on Monday in the wake of upbeat U.S. data last week that eased concern about growth in the world's biggest economy, but a bleak euro zone outlook was expected to limit losses.
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The volume of takeovers worldwide has dropped 7 percent year to date to $750 billion, with the week to Thursday marking the slowest week for acquisitions this year, Thomson Reuters data showed on Friday.
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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp tells CNBC ahead of his panel's IRS scandal hearing that he wants to know who "hatched" the plan to target conservative groups.
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CNBC's Rick Santelli discusses the latest action in the bond market, and the U.S. dollar.
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France's fall back into recession is likely to pile more pressure on the country's finance ministry, at a time when infighting has already led one senior politician to fuel rumors that Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici could be replaced.
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*Sees lower deficits and moderate growth next two years. WELLINGTON, May 16- New Zealand's government charted a more optimistic economic outlook on Thursday as it raised its forecast for budget surpluses on the back of moderate growth, and said it would start spending more on new policies.
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*Q1 GDP +0.9 pct vs forecast +0.7 pct in Reuters poll. TOKYO, May 16- Japan's economy grew faster than expected in January-March, expanding at its quickest pace in a year on the back of solid private consumption and a rise in exports spurred by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's aggressive monetary and fiscal stimulus.
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CNBC's Rick Santelli talks with Daniel Stecich, TJM Institutional Services, about consumer debt in Europe.
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CNBC's Rick Santelli discusses the latest action in the bond market, and the U.S. dollar.
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LONDON, May 15- The euro hit a six-week low against the dollar on Wednesday after data showing the euro zone economy contracted more than expected in the first quarter of the year, strengthening the case for another interest rate cut.
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The Treasury is criticizing senior IRS leaders for poor management of a policy that compromised the tax agency's political impartiality. And the Congressional Budget Office projects a deficit of $642 billion for fiscal year 2013, that's down $200 billion, reports CNBC's John Harwood.
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DUBLIN, May 15- Ryanair aims to grow much faster than previously indicated over the next five years in a bid to exploit the weakness of mid-tier European rivals struggling with recession, the firm's chief operating officer has told Reuters.
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NEW YORK, May 14- U.S. economic growth will not be "much greater" than 2 percent over the next three to five years, while global inflation will likely pick up, Pimco, the giant bond firm, said on Tuesday in its investment outlook report.
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Americans are improving their balance sheets, reports CNBC's Hampton Pearson.