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	<title>Crikey &#187; Alan Kohler</title>
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		<title>Kohler: trouble in a carry trade paradise</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/rba-rates-on-hold/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/rba-rates-on-hold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four banks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273152</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Keynesian purists are all clutching their foreheads, but actually it’s pretty fabulous that Australia’s politicians are competing with each other to promise budget surpluses.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rinehart won&#8217;t find a Fairfax megaphone</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/01/rinehart-wont-find-a-fairfax-megaphone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/01/rinehart-wont-find-a-fairfax-megaphone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Bolt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fairfax media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gina Rinehart]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271929</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gina Rinehart is likely to find investing in Fairfax Media a deeply frustrating experience, whether she’s trying to influence the newspapers or just make money.
]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: carried away in an Aussie dollar dance</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/23/kohler-carried-away-in-an-aussie-dollar-dance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/23/kohler-carried-away-in-an-aussie-dollar-dance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian dollar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european central bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[japanese yen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing exports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mario draghi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US dollar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yen carry trade]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270251</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Global hedge funds are starting to make big returns from borrowing in euros and investing in higher-yielding currencies such as the Australian dollar.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: why unemployment is heading to 6%</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/20/kohler-why-unemployment-is-heading-to-6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/20/kohler-why-unemployment-is-heading-to-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour Force figures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment figures]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269998</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is an unfolding employment disaster going on in Australia, but compared with Greece and Spain, Portugal and Ireland, we’re doing just great.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/20/kohler-why-unemployment-is-heading-to-6/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>56</slash:comments>
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		<title>What Wilkie&#8217;s pokies reform didn&#8217;t bet on: the internet</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/19/what-wilkies-pokies-reforms-didnt-bet-on-the-internet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/19/what-wilkies-pokies-reforms-didnt-bet-on-the-internet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Wilkie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clubs Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Xenophon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Productivity Commission]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269747</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The commotion surrounding Labor's delay of Andrew Wilkie's pokies reform takes on different meaning when viewed through the context of the inevitable, which is that the future of gambling resides on the internet, writes <b>Alan Kohler</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: lights out on an Aussie jobs bonanza</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/18/kohler-lights-out-on-an-aussie-jobs-bonanza/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/18/kohler-lights-out-on-an-aussie-jobs-bonanza/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commercial property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jonathan mott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail sales figures]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269534</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s hard to avoid concluding that employment and commercial property returns in Australia are going to come under a lot of pressure this year and beyond.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: did you hear the one about the bond market?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/13/kohler-did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-bond-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/13/kohler-did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-bond-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greece default]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mario draghi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=268392</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Up to January, the European Central Bank lent European private banks about €500 billion at 1% interest.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: this is Carr&#8217;s chance to rev the EV engine</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/12/kohler-this-is-carrs-chance-to-rev-the-ev-engine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/12/kohler-this-is-carrs-chance-to-rev-the-ev-engine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[car manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Carr]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=268095</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You would think, reading the claptrap about why the federal government is giving $34 million to Ford, that there was no such thing as an electric car. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/12/kohler-this-is-carrs-chance-to-rev-the-ev-engine/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>40</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: an economic Test stumped for global growth</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/09/economic-growth-a-grinding-test-match-on-a-flat-pitch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/09/economic-growth-a-grinding-test-match-on-a-flat-pitch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dleveraging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government bond market]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=267401</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Big Bash of the debt crisis looks to be over and we are now in the long grind of debt reduction and low growth. But the financial world hasn't the patience for a five-day Test match.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/09/economic-growth-a-grinding-test-match-on-a-flat-pitch/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: dozing through an IR nightmare</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/21/bill-shorten-review-of-the-fair-work-act/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/21/bill-shorten-review-of-the-fair-work-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Shorten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fair Work Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fair Work Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IR laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas dispute]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266345</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The word "productivity" didn’t make it into Bill Shorten’s press release yesterday announcing a review of the Fair Work Act, or into the terms of reference.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: the big four&#8217;s cloak-and-dagger dance</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/kohler-the-big-fours-cloak-and-dagger-dance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/kohler-the-big-fours-cloak-and-dagger-dance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate decision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[westpac bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264055</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the more bizarre rituals of global finance is the Australian Monetary Policy Dance, where we all wait to see whether an adjustment to official interest rates is "passed on".]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: surrounded by Europe&#8217;s standing armies</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/12/kohler-surrounded-by-europes-standing-armies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/12/kohler-surrounded-by-europes-standing-armies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Greenspan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citibank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european central bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greece bailout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandy Weill]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=252228</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thomas Jefferson definitely got it right 200 years ago when he warned that banks are more dangerous than standing armies.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: flagging down a recession</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/04/kohler-flagging-down-a-recession/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/04/kohler-flagging-down-a-recession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[china economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dow jones index]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global econpmy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=250700</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Markets are falling now because the US, and probably the world, is tipping into recession. Again.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/04/kohler-flagging-down-a-recession/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: a smudge on Henry&#8217;s tax blueprint</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/03/kohler-a-smudge-on-henrys-tax-blueprint/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/03/kohler-a-smudge-on-henrys-tax-blueprint/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Henry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Oakeshott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Forum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=250508</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s hard to imagine anything at all coming from tomorrow’s tax forum when we have a deeply unpopular minority government committed to a $47.7 billion budget turnaround within two years.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/03/kohler-a-smudge-on-henrys-tax-blueprint/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>59</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: stranded at super&#8217;s ground zero</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/15/kohler-stranded-at-supers-ground-zero/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/15/kohler-stranded-at-supers-ground-zero/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 03:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[future fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[superannuation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[superannuation funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=241028</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The aim of retirement incomes policy in Australia for two decades has been to shift the burden of risk to individuals before the next big bear market hit. It worked quite nicely.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: surplus stupidity and the case for delaying carbon tax &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/12/kohler-surplus-stupidity-and-the-case-for-delaying-carbon-tax/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/12/kohler-surplus-stupidity-and-the-case-for-delaying-carbon-tax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 03:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget surplus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global economic downturn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=240719</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We are about to get a lesson in the absurdity of political discourse: the government is going to be accused of "breaking a promise" if a global downturn prevents the budget from returning to surplus by 2013. Or if it delays the carbon tax.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: time for an EU cash blitzkrieg</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/11/kohler-time-for-an-eu-cash-blitzkrieg/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/11/kohler-time-for-an-eu-cash-blitzkrieg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal reserve chairman ben bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[italy economy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=240497</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke’s Fed has embraced inflation and currency debauchment as the way out, but the European Central Bank is not there yet. That’s why European markets sold off overnight.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/11/kohler-time-for-an-eu-cash-blitzkrieg/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: Wall Street calls a code blue</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/09/kohler-wall-street-calls-a-code-blue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/09/kohler-wall-street-calls-a-code-blue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=240001</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[America has reached its debt limit and must start cutting back just as the economy is apparently getting weaker. Something similar is happening in Europe and Australia.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/09/kohler-wall-street-calls-a-code-blue/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: S&amp;P&#8217;s false ratings alarm</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/08/kohler-sps-false-ratings-alarm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/08/kohler-sps-false-ratings-alarm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 03:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=239764</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The world’s sharemarkets have been jumping at shadows lately, so the impact of an actual scary boogey man -- in the shape of the first downgrade of US Treasury debt in history -- is completely unpredictable. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/08/kohler-sps-false-ratings-alarm/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: tipping towards a recession</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/04/kohler-tipping-towards-a-recession/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/04/kohler-tipping-towards-a-recession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ireland economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[italy economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[japan economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession fears]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spain economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=239317</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This was always the great danger for the post-GFC world: that debt-laden governments, led by the US, would have to start cutting fiscal deficits before their economies reached escape velocity.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/04/kohler-tipping-towards-a-recession/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: Gillard&#8217;s incurable retail affliction</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/25/kohler-gillards-incurable-retail-affliction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/25/kohler-gillards-incurable-retail-affliction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 03:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retailing business]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=237422</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Relations between the federal government and business are as bad as they’ve been for 40 years, and it’s not just because of the proposed carbon tax.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/25/kohler-gillards-incurable-retail-affliction/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: come back Lindsay, all is forgiven</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/10/kohler-come-back-lindsay-all-is-forgiven/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/10/kohler-come-back-lindsay-all-is-forgiven/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 10:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2011 federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lindsay Tanner]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=222284</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lindsay Tanner, come back! All is forgiven. The former finance minister would have been embarrassed by this budget.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/10/kohler-come-back-lindsay-all-is-forgiven/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: unwed bourses must settle for less</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/07/kohler-unwed-bourses-must-settle-for-less/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/07/kohler-unwed-bourses-must-settle-for-less/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ASX Singapore takeover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=216123</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Treasurer’s decision to raise the drawbridge on the ASX has the financial sector in uproar, agog at what the reasons might be.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/07/kohler-unwed-bourses-must-settle-for-less/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: fugitives of Japan&#8217;s climate fallout</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/18/kohler-fugitives-of-japans-climate-fallout/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/18/kohler-fugitives-of-japans-climate-fallout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 02:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[coal fired power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan nuclear disaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil and gas exploration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uranium exports]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=211346</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We make far more money from coal and gas than uranium exports, so if worldwide uranium demand collapses and is replaced by demand for coal and gas it is fabulous news for the national economy.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/18/kohler-fugitives-of-japans-climate-fallout/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: at 80, Murdoch still scanning a brave new online world</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/11/kohler-at-80-murdoch-still-scanning-a-brave-new-online-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/11/kohler-at-80-murdoch-still-scanning-a-brave-new-online-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Ltd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pay models]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pay-walls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rupert Murdoch]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=209985</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There’s a certain irony in the fact that at 80 Rupert Murdoch is championing quality journalism and the need to pay for it.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/11/kohler-at-80-murdoch-still-scanning-a-brave-new-online-world/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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