Yet there were always reasons to doubt that a genuine policy shift was under way.
As the tectonic plates of monetary policy shift, the yellow metal is set to continue its climb.
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When announcing its policy shift, the central bank also said that risks to the economy were increasing.
Most are now committed to "cycling commissioners" and we have already seen a policy shift before the election.
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It simply should not be misinterpreted as a fundamental policy shift toward allowing markets to determine competitive outcomes.
Today, our elections are more candidate- than policy-centered, and detecting a seismic policy shift has become more difficult.
But the BBC has learned that the policy shift became "effective" on Sunday.
But will the policy shift really slow or inhibit the flow of news?
It is the most profound fiscal policy shift we have seen for years.
Yet China's new policy shift may end up having a greater impact than the rocket-propelled diplomacy of four years ago.
Traders have been looking for hints of any policy shift on short-term and long-term rates, especially hints of a possible QE3.
It is the result of a policy shift that occurred immediately after the Republican Party's defeat in the Congressional elections in November.
He used the country name preferred by the government - US officials described the move as a "diplomatic courtesy" but not a policy shift.
Former universities minister Lord Triesman, winding up for Labour, said the Browne report was "not an adjustment to finance but a fundamental policy shift".
The report highlighted what it called a "significant policy shift" between the coalition programme announced in May and the more detailed white paper in July.
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This time, the regional balance seems favourable to a policy shift.
Yet Mercosur's tariff rise may not signal a fundamental policy shift.
Bethune says the Fed needs to be especially cautious in signaling any policy shift because the U.S. economy has been serving as a global engine of growth.
The policy shift follows a study by the Joint Chiefs of Staff that determined the military could become much more aggressive at allowing women into excluded roles.
The historic policy shift follows a study by the Joint Chiefs of Staff that determined the military could become much more aggressive at allowing women into excluded roles.
There are so many ancillary benefits from this policy shift.
The 215th anniversary of America's own declaration of independence would be a perfect opportunity to announce such a long-overdue policy shift by recognizing the independence of Slovenia and Croatia.
President Bush delivered his last State of the Union address to Congress Monday night, a speech dominated by his description of a policy shift that he said had brought success and the promise of victory in Iraq.
Romney unveiled a spot Monday attacking the president's record on the economy, while the Obama campaign released a spot Tuesday featuring Latino talk show host Cristina Saralegui, who endorsed the president after last week's policy shift, according to the campaign.
However, assuming that the mandate is sustained at least in part after the November elections, the tax policy shift to the states in the form of Medicaid enticements helps explain precisely how our federal government binds our quests for prosperity.
At the same time, in an exclusive interview with the BBC, Duvvuri Subbarao, the governor of RBI, said the central bank may reverse its policy and shift its focus towards boosting growth.
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