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			<title>Oman unlikely to use remaining $1.7bn support fund</title>
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			<title>Oman central bank plans $129.9m bond issuance</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bank officials say the bonds will be issued on Sept 6, set to mature in 2012.]]></description>
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			<title>Oman banks show growth amid downturn</title>
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			<title>Oman eyes single-digit inflation in 2009 </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Oil price slump to lessen inflationary pressures - Oman central bank executive president.]]></description>
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			<title>Oman central bank to supply dollars to local banks</title>
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			<title>Oman repurchase rate up on liquidity squeeze</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Repurchase rate has risen 79 basis points to 4.28 percent this week, central bank says.]]></description>
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			<title>Oman annual inflation eases in July</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Inflation slows to 13.35%, central banker expects inflation below 10% early next year. ]]></description>
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			<title>Oman inflation likely to stabilise - central bank</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Inflation 'probably' hit peak at record 13.2%, likely to stabilise as global food crisis wanes.]]></description>
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			<title>Dollar peg to stay, Oman reiterates</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Central bank governor says peg best suited to economy, despite inflation hitting 12.4% in April.]]></description>
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			<title>No u-turn on monetary union exit - Oman</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Central bank says no intention of joining monetary union, will not depeg from US dollar.]]></description>
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			<title>Oman tightens lending restrictions</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Oman cbank hikes reserve requirement to 8% in inflation fight, third rise in almost a year.]]></description>
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			<title>Gulf to miss 2010 single currency deadline</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[States agree to create joint cbank next year, but admit Gulf currency will not reach deadline.]]></description>
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			<title>Gulf inflation threat mounts as oil hurdles to $150</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Record oil prices placing more pressure on Gulf states to revalue currencies - analysts.]]></description>
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			<title>Inflation, dollar peg to overshadow Gulf cbank summit </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Central bank governors meeting to try and pick up pace of monetary union.]]></description>
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			<title>Oman urges banks to rein in lending</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Central bank says banks should lend less to individuals and focus on project financing to curb inflation.]]></description>
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			<title>Central bankers eye shift in single currency deadline</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bankers also  expected to discuss how to control record inflation at bi-annual meeting.]]></description>
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			<title>Gulf currencies surge as dollar nears record low</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Investors bet on central banks revaluing currencies against dollar.]]></description>
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			<title>Oman hikes salaries up to 43%</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sultanate's ruler orders rise in state workers' wages and wheat subsidy to curb impact of rising inflation.]]></description>
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			<title>Oman rules out depegging, single currency</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Weaker rial attracts investment, exports more competitive, central bank says.]]></description>
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			<title>Gulf central banks face uphill battle</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[WEF: More future US rate cuts will increase pressure on banks to revalue, says Saudi economist.]]></description>
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			<title>Oman curbs lending in inflation battle</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Restrictions tightened for second time in five months to prevent lower borrowing costs from fuelling inflation.]]></description>
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			<title>Oman body to fight inflation</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Cabinet sets up ministerial committee to curb inflation, which accelerated to 16-year high in September.]]></description>
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			<title>Oman moves to take pressure off rial</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Central bank reduces yield on certificates of deposit at its first auction since US interest rate cut.]]></description>
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			<title>Homeowner boost as Gulf states cut rates</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Move follows US cut in interest rates, sending dollar to new lows and piling pressure on expat salaries.]]></description>
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			<title>Oman inflation hits 16-year high</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Annual inflation in the sultanate accelerated to 6.47% in August as food costs and rents increased.]]></description>
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			<title>Spiralling costs blamed on dollar peg</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Oman's commerce minister says peg partly to blame for rising inflation, which has hit 6% in the sultanate.]]></description>
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			<title>Oman 'firmly committed' to dollar peg, rate</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Country to keep value of rial unchanged even as some traders bet on regional revaluation.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sultanate becomes third Gulf Arab oil producer with currency pegged to dollar not to follow US rate cut.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Annual inflation rose at its fastest pace this year during July as food costs and rents jumped.]]></description>
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