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			<title>Qatar bank lending falls $4.2bn in Q1 - report</title>
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			<title>Qatar bonds earn Aa2 rating from Moody's</title>
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			<title>Qatar's economy tipped to grow 9% this year</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Central bank governor says inflation will also fall from 13.2% to 'single-digit figures'.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar bank sells 100% of equities portfolio to gov't</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Deal will see the gov't pay Commercial Bank of Qatar $258m for its Qatari equities. ]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar central bank buys $1.79bn worth of bank portfolios</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The gov't has bought up investment portfolios to boost liquidity and encourage lending.  ]]></description>
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			<title>QIB opens new data centre</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New IT centre opened as part Qatar Islamic Bank's revamped technology strategy]]></description>
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			<title>Soaring house rents fuel Qatar inflation rate</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Central bank figures show housing shortage was main factor behind 2007 rate of 14%.]]></description>
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			<title>Gulf states talk up markets, play down crisis</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Verbal intervention from regulators comes amid fears that 5-year property boom is over.]]></description>
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			<title>Single currency needed to fight financial storms</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatar's central banker calls on GCC members to speed up creation of monetary union.]]></description>
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			<title>Gulf Arabs say '85% completed' on single currency</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1: Officials defer final decision on location of central bank until rulers' summit.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar inflation rockets to 16.5%</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatar's central banker says rising inflation will require 'extra efforts' for Gulf monetary union to succeed]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar poised to introduce new bank notes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Central Bank adds security features to 50 riyal notes in currency shake-up.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar's Masraf eyes Oman property stake</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatari Islamic Bank says looking to take 20% stake in Omani property firm to tap opportunities.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar money supply surges 53% in 3 months</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Gulf state struggling to mop up liquidity, could see record inflation hit fresh highs.]]></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>Masraf Al-Rayan eyes Libyan expansion</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatari Islamic bank looking for 'commercial and investment banking opportunities' in Libya.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar to rein in home loans</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Gulf state considering tightening home financing in battle to control spiralling inflation, media reports.]]></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>UAE, Qatar to see inflation ease</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Additional housing supply to slow record inflation rate, curb rising rent, says emirate's governor.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar cuts rates in line with Fed</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatar becomes fourth Gulf state with dollar peg to match last week's US rate cut in face of rising inflation.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar bank denies plan to revalue</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Central bank denies media report it might revalue its dollar-pegged currency or drop link in April.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar sticks with dollar peg</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[World's largest gas exporter to retain peg to ailing greenback despite soaring inflation, central bank says.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar considers April revaluation</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Gulf state could be next to break ranks and drop peg to dollar as early as next month, says official.]]></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>Qatar attempts to rein in bank lending</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Central bank will increase reserve requirement by 50 basis points to 3.75%, starting February 15.]]></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>Qatar to sell bonds to curb inflation</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Central bank plans bond issuance to absort liquidity, refuses to budge on riyal's peg to US dollar.]]></description>
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