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True, the Fed can influence the yield on that longer-dated paper through its current short-term rate policy, economic projections and jawboning.

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"The president's jawboning of the Fed to lower rates I think has had zero impact whatsoever."

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The tooth, from a cow's jawbone found beside the ancient monument's south entrance in 1924, was analysed by scientists from the British Geological Society, Cardiff University and University College London.

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The jawbone of the ancient reptile was unearthed in Arizona back in 2011, but modern scanning techniques have now revealed details showing that it belongs to a species new to science.

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Could American CEOs have headed off the tariffs chaos either by a more focused publicity campaign or more jawboning with Trump?

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