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06-04-2009, 05:00 AM
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Russia Reduces Benchmark Interest Rates to Boost Bank Lending (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/1-0&fd=R&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news%3Fpid%3D20601087%26sid%3DaMpclS1kF.xc&cid=1254171308&ei=sIEnSqrNGoOWMYaz3JwH&usg=AFQjCNHDP6cJzFCkMVWHb-QLAyt4EAJ0XQ)
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The cost of money was increased to arrest the ruble&#39;s 30 percent drop since August and to prevent lenders using borrowed cash to speculate on the currency&#39;s decline as the global slowdown eroded demand for Russia&#39;s exports of oil, gas and metals. ...


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