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	<title>Crikey &#187; Australian economy</title>
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		<title>Trade unions, AFR, out of the loop on jobs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/20/trade-unions-afr-out-of-the-loop-on-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/20/trade-unions-afr-out-of-the-loop-on-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Financial Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trade unions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two stories in <i>The Australian Financial Review</i> and other papers this morning illustrate just how out of touch both the paper and the Australian trade union movement are with the economy.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Forget the pundits, this jobless data is positive, rates will rise</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/12/forget-the-pundits-this-jobless-data-is-positive-rates-will-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/12/forget-the-pundits-this-jobless-data-is-positive-rates-will-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment figures]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Forget the media reports; the Australian economy has created over 65,000 jobs in the last two months: pencil in a December 1 rate rise from the RBA.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>RBA lifts growth forecasts as economy on the up and up</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/06/rba-lifts-growth-forecasts-as-economy-on-the-up-and-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/06/rba-lifts-growth-forecasts-as-economy-on-the-up-and-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic forecasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Reserve Bank has lifted its growth forecasts for the Australian economy and made it clear that interest rates will rise as the economy resumes its expansion.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/06/rba-lifts-growth-forecasts-as-economy-on-the-up-and-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Political economy: In Australia&#8217;s recovery, the winner is Rudd</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/04/political-economy-in-australias-recovery-the-winner-is-rudd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/04/political-economy-in-australias-recovery-the-winner-is-rudd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A strong economy will allow Kevin Rudd again to campaign as a fiscal conservative, as well as the messiah who protected Australia from world depression, correction, severe downturn, writes <b>Henry Thornton</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/04/political-economy-in-australias-recovery-the-winner-is-rudd/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Good news from China, bad news from Copenhagen</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-35/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-35/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China and Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copenhagen Climate Change Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some good news from China on the economy, but some bad news from Copenhagen on the prospect of positive outcomes from the Copenhagen climate change talks. And au revior to the Breakfast Media Wrap.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-35/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Throwing the switch to recovery</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/rudd-government-has-to-shift-its-rhetoric-to-recovery-mode/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/rudd-government-has-to-shift-its-rhetoric-to-recovery-mode/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic forecasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MYEFO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today's new economic forecast means the Federal Government will finally have to stop saying things like we're "not out of the woods yet" or have "a long way to go" and shift its rhetoric into recovery mode.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/rudd-government-has-to-shift-its-rhetoric-to-recovery-mode/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Swan: we are &#8220;fair dinkum&#8221; about sticking to our fiscal strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/swan-we-are-fair-dinkum-about-sticking-to-our-fiscal-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/swan-we-are-fair-dinkum-about-sticking-to-our-fiscal-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget forecasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic forecasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MYEFO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wayne Swan has unveiled a significant improvement in the Government’s fiscal position from next year, with this morning’s Mid-Year Economic Forecasts showing far higher economic growth and lower unemployment than the Budget forecast back in May.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/swan-we-are-fair-dinkum-about-sticking-to-our-fiscal-strategy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lending a cot case, or is it?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/30/lending-a-cot-case-or-is-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/30/lending-a-cot-case-or-is-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home lending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private credit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you had to judge the health of the Australian economy by the amount of lending going on, you'd be entitled to call for an ambulance to revive a fading patient after looking at today's report from the Reserve Bank on private credit for September.

]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/30/lending-a-cot-case-or-is-it/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>RBA: &#8220;possibly imprudent&#8221; not to lift rates</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/20/rba-says-it-would-have-been-possibly-imprudent-not-to-lift-rate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/20/rba-says-it-would-have-been-possibly-imprudent-not-to-lift-rate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Reserve Bank lifted interest rates because it might have been "possibly imprudent" not to do so -- quite a telling phrase for such a conservative organisation.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/20/rba-says-it-would-have-been-possibly-imprudent-not-to-lift-rate/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>China, the dollar and feds&#8217; stimulus the shape of things to come</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/15/china-the-dollar-and-feds-stimulus-the-shape-of-things-to-come/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/15/china-the-dollar-and-feds-stimulus-the-shape-of-things-to-come/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[china economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSL]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The shaping factors for the Australian economy and business over the next year were seen yesterday: China, the strength of the Aussie dollar and the federal government's stimulus spending produced good and bad news for some leading companies and the economy generally.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/15/china-the-dollar-and-feds-stimulus-the-shape-of-things-to-come/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ross Gittins&#8217; efficient markets furphy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/13/ross-gittins-efficient-markets-furphy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/13/ross-gittins-efficient-markets-furphy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[libertarianism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ross gittins]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/13/ross-gittins-efficient-markets-furphy/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ross Gittins reckons libertarians and their evil theories, especially the efficient markets hypothesis, are to blame for the global financial crisis. <b>Sinclair Davidson</b> begs to differ.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/13/ross-gittins-efficient-markets-furphy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Henry: Stimulus cut will kill jobs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/henry-stimulus-cut-will-kill-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/henry-stimulus-cut-will-kill-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal stimulus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job losses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Henry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The removal of the governments fiscal stimulus now would cost Australia 100,000 more jobs, Treasury Secretary Ken Henry has told the Senate Economics Committee this morning. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/henry-stimulus-cut-will-kill-jobs/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Stimulus isn&#8217;t money for nothing. Time to wind it back</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/stimulus-isnt-money-for-nothing-time-to-wind-it-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/stimulus-isnt-money-for-nothing-time-to-wind-it-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Calls are mounting for the Federal Government to reduce its wide-ranging fiscal stimulus package as economists continue to upgrade the prospects for the Australian economy.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/stimulus-isnt-money-for-nothing-time-to-wind-it-back/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Spiralling dollar spells current account chaos</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/spiralling-dollar-spells-current-account-chaos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/spiralling-dollar-spells-current-account-chaos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian dollar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US dollar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Standby for a good, old fashioned current account scare, as the Australian dollar continues to rise as it did last night in the wake of the Reserve Bank rate rise.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/spiralling-dollar-spells-current-account-chaos/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rates up, more to come</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/06/rates-up-more-to-come/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/06/rates-up-more-to-come/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The rate rises have begun, with RBA today lifting its cash rate 0.25% up to 3.25%. Is the Australian economy officially back on track?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/06/rates-up-more-to-come/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Disaster and the media</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/05/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-94/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/05/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-94/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Keating]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/05/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-94/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em> readers weigh in on how the media copes with the natural disasters besetting our Pacific and Asian neighbours and the messy climate change debate continues.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/05/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-94/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The tongue twisting tales of the RBA</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/29/crikey-says-96/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/29/crikey-says-96/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helen Coolan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Stutchbury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Fielding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What the Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens said yesterday about interest rates and the economy and what others <em>heard</em> him say are two very different things.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/29/crikey-says-96/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why Swan was right on stimulus</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/29/why-swan-was-right-on-stimulus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/29/why-swan-was-right-on-stimulus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lehman brothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It made sense for policy makers everywhere to use all available counter-cyclical tools in an urgent attempt to lessen the serious risk of economic disaster, says <b>Rory Robertson</b>. But the economy story is not all good.]]></description>
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		<title>Glenn Stevens alert but not alarmed</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/glenn-stevens-alert-but-not-alarmed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/glenn-stevens-alert-but-not-alarmed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The RBA Governor basically reckons the economy is in good shape, the banks are fine, and rates will rise when we think the economy is good and ready.]]></description>
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		<title>RBA gets ready to jack up rates</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/24/rba-gets-ready-to-jack-up-rates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/24/rba-gets-ready-to-jack-up-rates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Stability Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/24/rba-gets-ready-to-jack-up-rates/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's now clear the Reserve Bank's priorities have shifted from the health and strength of the financial system, towards the first rate rise to come.]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign buyers blow out the housing bubble</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/21/the-role-of-foreign-buyers-in-the-ever-inflating-housing-bubble/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/21/the-role-of-foreign-buyers-in-the-ever-inflating-housing-bubble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Becton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing bubble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mirvac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property market]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/21/the-role-of-foreign-buyers-in-the-ever-inflating-housing-bubble/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The causes of Australia's ever-inflating housing bubble are many but one hasn't received a lot of attention: the influence of overseas buyers since the government relaxed its foreign property investment rules.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>40</slash:comments>
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		<title>Political economy: the &#8216;two-speed&#8217; economy is back</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/18/political-economy-the-two-speed-economy-is-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/18/political-economy-the-two-speed-economy-is-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian dollar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/18/political-economy-the-two-speed-economy-is-back/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Although Australia appears to have dodged a bullet in the global financial meltdown, the economic situation across the country is far from even, writes <b>Henry Thornton</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Political economy: happy Christmas Australia!</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/political-economy-happy-christmas-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/political-economy-happy-christmas-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/political-economy-happy-christmas-australia/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, there were two important pieces of economic news that were overshadowed by the Telstra story. The release of the Reserve Bank's board meeting notes -- and the margin creep of the banks.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>It’s (still) hard being a bear: good economic theory</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/14/it%e2%80%99s-still-hard-being-a-bear-good-economic-theory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/14/it%e2%80%99s-still-hard-being-a-bear-good-economic-theory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hyman Minsky]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/14/it%e2%80%99s-still-hard-being-a-bear-good-economic-theory/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While the financial rescue has worked, the expected recovery afterward can’t happen -- because there’s almost no-one left who will willingly take on any more debt, writes <b> Steve Keen</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Chris Bowen is very, very wrong on executive pay</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/chris-bowen-is-very-very-wrong-on-executive-pay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/chris-bowen-is-very-very-wrong-on-executive-pay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CEOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Bowen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[executive salaries]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/chris-bowen-is-very-very-wrong-on-executive-pay/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Part of the reason that executives are paid so much is because of their ability to make their jobs sound far more complicated and difficult than they actually are.]]></description>
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