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	<title>Crikey &#187; Ben Bernanke</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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
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		<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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		<title>Maley: a Greek writedown chain reaction?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/03/maley-a-greek-writedown-chain-reaction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/03/maley-a-greek-writedown-chain-reaction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Maley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greece default]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PIIGS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272442</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Global equity markets have enjoyed the best start to the year since 1994, but their euphoric mood is about to be sorely tested.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Maley: Bernanke holds a housing ace</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/30/maley-bernanke-holds-a-housing-ace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/30/maley-bernanke-holds-a-housing-ace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Maley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US housing market]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271408</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Investors face a nervous few months as they try to work out when US central bank boss Ben Bernanke will play his last remaining trump card -- buying up long-term mortgage bonds in an effort to revive the ailing US housing market.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The deep cracks on Wall Street</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/07/maley-the-deep-cracks-on-wall-street/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/07/maley-the-deep-cracks-on-wall-street/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[occupying wall street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=251468</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What should we make of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement that started three weeks ago in a New York park? asks <b>Karen Maley</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gottliebsen: will the US bank crisis reignite?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/23/gottliebsen-will-the-us-bank-crisis-reignite/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/23/gottliebsen-will-the-us-bank-crisis-reignite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=242586</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If Bank of America shares keep falling, then we are facing a very dangerous situation, especially as it will multiply the problems of the European banks, writes <b>Robert Gottliebsen</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hang on and hope for China</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/19/hang-on-and-hope-for-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/19/hang-on-and-hope-for-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PIIGS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ric Battellino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=242115</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While many local managers went the knee-jerk sell-off early last week, they will have ample reason today to cash up and sit on the sidelines.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>No reason or evidence will cure US of its debt fetish</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/26/no-reason-or-evidence-will-cure-us-of-its-debt-fetish/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/26/no-reason-or-evidence-will-cure-us-of-its-debt-fetish/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 03:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US debt ceiling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=237713</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If the United States Congress refuses to raise the government’s $14.3 trillion debt ceiling by August 2, the Obama administration will be forced to put American finances on a more stable path, writes <b>Adam Creighton</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>62</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bartholomeusz: sucked into a commodities vacuum</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/10/bartholomeusz-sucked-into-a-commodities-vacuum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/10/bartholomeusz-sucked-into-a-commodities-vacuum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 03:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bartholomeusz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glencore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ivan Glasenberg]]></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=228632</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The wobbles in commodity markets in recent weeks may well be related to the imminent end of the US Federal Reserve’s $US600 billion QE2 quantitative easing program.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>US economy: Grant a mentor-in-waiting for Bernanke</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/23/us-economy-grant-a-mentor-in-waiting-for-bernanke/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/23/us-economy-grant-a-mentor-in-waiting-for-bernanke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 03:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jim grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=224646</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jim Grant, author of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, is one of the world’s best economic forecasters. When it speaks about global markets, and tells Ben Bernanke to resign, it might be worth a listen.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Greenspan Putsch and the GFC</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/20/the-greenspan-putsch-and-the-gfc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/20/the-greenspan-putsch-and-the-gfc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 03:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Greenspan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fannie mae and freddie mac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=224389</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a cast of villains that led to the near-collapse of the global banking system, writes <b>John Addis</b>, founder of the Intelligent Investor.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Maley: are we heading for a post-QE2 collapse?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/19/maley-are-we-heading-for-a-post-qe2-collapse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/19/maley-are-we-heading-for-a-post-qe2-collapse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 03:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[share prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us government bonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[world commodity prices]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=224110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are we about to see a collapse in global share and commodity prices as QE2 draws to a close? asks <b>Karen Maley</b>, of Business Spectator.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bartholomeusz: has the silver bubble burst?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/03/bartholomeusz-has-the-silver-bubble-burst/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/03/bartholomeusz-has-the-silver-bubble-burst/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 03:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bartholomeusz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silver price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us fed]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=220697</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Was that sharp crack in the silver price yesterday the sound of an asset bubble bursting or just a necessary correction to a metal that has had a remarkable run?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t cheer the dollar &#8212; cheap holidays will come at a cost</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/28/dont-cheer-the-dollar-cheap-holidays-will-come-at-a-cost/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/28/dont-cheer-the-dollar-cheap-holidays-will-come-at-a-cost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian dollar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US dollar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=219787</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Media and business commentators continue their infatuation with the unstoppable rise of the Australian dollar. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Maley: Bernanke&#8217;s big bond bet for US markets</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/27/maley-bernankes-big-bond-bet-for-us-markets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/27/maley-bernankes-big-bond-bet-for-us-markets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=219521</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The US sharemarket surged to its highest level since mid-2008 overnight, clearly showing that investors had no fear of what US central bank boss Ben Bernanke might say at his historic press conference later today. <b>Karen Maley</b> of <a href="http://www.businessspectator.com.au" target="_blank"><em>Business Spectator</em></a> reports.]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s not Ben Bernanke&#8217;s fault</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/03/its-not-ben-bernankes-fault/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/03/its-not-ben-bernankes-fault/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 01:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christchurch earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winston Churchill]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=207462</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Crikey readers have their say.]]></description>
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		<title>Bernanke printing money &#8230; now there&#8217;s food for thought</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/01/bernanke-printing-money-now-theres-food-for-thought/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/01/bernanke-printing-money-now-theres-food-for-thought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=206911</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps Ben Bernanke isn’t as stupid as he seems and realises that his monetary stance is causing destruction but believes that protecting banks and maintaining an image of US solvency is more important than affordable food.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Maley: a frightening replay of 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/18/maley-a-frightening-replay-of-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/18/maley-a-frightening-replay-of-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil prices rise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=204629</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Surging global equity prices, junk bond yields at record lows, the return of "covenant-lite" deals -- for many observers we’re seeing a replay of the heady first months of 2007, writes <b>Karen Maley</b>, of Business Spectator.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Commodity price blame: it’s not our fault, says Bernanke</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/07/commodity-price-blame-it%e2%80%99s-not-our-fault-says-bernanke/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/07/commodity-price-blame-it%e2%80%99s-not-our-fault-says-bernanke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 04:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=201530</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As food and energy prices continue to soar, the damaging game of blame and counter-blame between the US and the developing world continues, with neither side prepared to admit that their policies are contributing to the commodity price surge, writes <i>Business Spectator</i>'s <b>Karen Maley</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Kohler: the cost of our surplus obsession</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/27/kohler-the-cost-of-our-surplus-obsession/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/27/kohler-the-cost-of-our-surplus-obsession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget surplus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[china economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gillard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=199107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Prime Minister is too worried about the fiscal balance and the US President is not worried enough.]]></description>
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		<title>Maley: China&#8217;s risky rates gamble</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/02/maley-chinas-risky-rates-gamble/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/02/maley-chinas-risky-rates-gamble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 02:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[china economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=190192</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is now clear evidence that their reluctance to tighten monetary policy means that Chinese companies and consumers are changing their behaviour in the expectation of price rises, writes <b>Karen Maley</b> of Business Spectator.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ben Bernanke&#8217;s greatest gamble</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/13/ben-bernankes-greatest-gamble/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/13/ben-bernankes-greatest-gamble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 02:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=178025</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Financial markets may be cheering on US Fed Reserve boss Ben Bernanke as he gets set to unleash a fresh round of monetary stimulus, but some are worried that his actions will further jeopardise the reputation of the US central bank, along with its future independence, writes <b>Karen Maley</b> of <i>Business Spectator</i>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Warning to the White House: address budget deficit or face disaster</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/markets/federal-reserves-ben-bernanke-issues-stern-warning-on-deficit-to-us-congress/story-e6frg926-1225934229368</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/markets/federal-reserves-ben-bernanke-issues-stern-warning-on-deficit-to-us-congress/story-e6frg926-1225934229368#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 01:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=176366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has added to an ever-growing list of doomsday predictions about the future of the US economy, arguing that the White House must urgently address budget deficit and in particular public finances, reports <b>Luca Di Leo</b>. 
]]></description>
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		<title>Kohler: can anything stop US deflation?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/22/kohler-can-anything-stop-us-deflation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/22/kohler-can-anything-stop-us-deflation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 03:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=173578</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The US Fed has dramatically changed its language: it now says inflation is too low. No wonder the Federal Open Market Committee’s hand wringing has become more urgent, more fretful.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/22/kohler-can-anything-stop-us-deflation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Bank of Japan is firing blanks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/31/the-bank-of-japan-is-firing-blanks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/31/the-bank-of-japan-is-firing-blanks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Reserve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[japan economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=168557</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Analysts were quick to point out that the Bank of Japan’s measure to allow domestic financial institutions even more money from the central bank at extremely low rates would do little to boost Japanese growth.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>A square Fed in a round Hole</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/27/a-square-fed-in-a-round-hole/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/27/a-square-fed-in-a-round-hole/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=167952</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve boss Ben Bernanke will choose his words very carefully in his opening address to the Fed’s annual meeting, writes <b>Karen Maley</b> of Business Spectator]]></description>
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