In other words, 50% of the FOMC dissented with Bernanke, at least in principle. (Read Operation Twist Set To Fail As Bernanke Insists On Flattening The Yield Curve).

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Your reliance on this principle as blanket cover to avoid giving any public comment on the operation is misplaced and inconsistent.

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In principle, November's agreement paves the way for co-operation on other areas of policy, such as European defence and security, where Lib Dems feel that Mr Blair has anyway stolen some of their best ideas.

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Under negotiation since 1996, the agreement was approved in principle last July, and due to be signed at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation forum in New Zealand in September.

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