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		<title>Kohler: and the survey shows &#8230; Labor&#8217;s growing labour crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/28/kohler-and-the-survey-shows-labors-growing-labour-crisis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[business confidence]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CEOs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s been a dramatic shift in sentiment among Australia’s chief executives that puts what’s going on in Canberra today into sharp relief. Skills shortages have come back into sharp focus.]]></description>
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		<title>Ask the economists: a brief boom, and then what?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/28/ask-the-economists-a-brief-boom-and-then-what/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/28/ask-the-economists-a-brief-boom-and-then-what/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Access Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget surplus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business confidence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In its latest Budget Monitor, Access says that while commodity revenues will benefit the bottom line in the short term by a total of $6 billion, outstripping Treasury's predictions, things could turn sour as prices inevitably tail off towards the middle of the decade. <em>Crikey</em> asked for a consensus.]]></description>
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		<title>Business confidence down for third successive month: NAB</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/08/business-confidence-down-for-third-successive-month-nab/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/08/business-confidence-down-for-third-successive-month-nab/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer sentiment survey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[melbourne institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB Business Survey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Westpac]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As was probably expected, Australian business confidence fell sharply in May, down for a third successive month while business conditions were mixed to weaker. ]]></description>
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		<title>NAB boosts growth and employment forecasts</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/08/nab-boosts-growth-and-employment-forecasts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/08/nab-boosts-growth-and-employment-forecasts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic growth forecasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB Business Survey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national australia bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Another strong month for business confidence and conditions has seen NAB boost its growth forecasts and lower its expected unemployment peak. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>NAB data has RBA humming a rate rise tune</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/11/nab-data-has-rba-humming-a-rate-rise-tune/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/11/nab-data-has-rba-humming-a-rate-rise-tune/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[house prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national australia bank]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Buried in yesterday's very upbeat business confidence and conditions survey from the National Australia Bank was a surprisingly negative forecast on house prices for 2010.]]></description>
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		<title>NAB survey: Economy gathering pace</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/10/nab-survey-economy-gathering-pace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/10/nab-survey-economy-gathering-pace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB Business Survey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is it time to take the foot off the stimulus pedal? Today's NAB business survey reveals what it calls the "remarkable ongoing strength" in business confidence and there's been a rapid rise in business conditions.]]></description>
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		<title>Business gets a little less confident</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/13/business-gets-a-little-less-confident/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/13/business-gets-a-little-less-confident/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB Business Survey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The recent strong surge in business confidence has ended with the National Australia Bank reporting a small dip in the September reading today.]]></description>
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		<title>Carving out another notch on the recovery belt</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/08/carving-out-another-notch-on-the-recovery-belt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/08/carving-out-another-notch-on-the-recovery-belt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB Business Survey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[All the negative talk of the economic slowdown has been temporarily silenced by another sharp improvement in business confidence, according to the latest NAB business survey.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Dyer Index: Black is back for GDP</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/11/the-dyer-index-black-is-back-for-gdp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/11/the-dyer-index-black-is-back-for-gdp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[building approvals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dyer Index]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jb hifi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Business conditions are looking up with business confidence bouncing back to nearly its long term average, the latest NAB survey finds.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Business confidence on the up as NAB breaks ranks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/14/business-confidence-on-the-up-as-nab-breaks-ranks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/14/business-confidence-on-the-up-as-nab-breaks-ranks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[china economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Enjoy the return to the good times, because according to the NAB, conditions could very well turn down again later this year and into 2010.]]></description>
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		<title>Business confidence back on the up and up</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/09/business-confidence-back-on-the-up-and-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/09/business-confidence-back-on-the-up-and-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anz job ads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OECD]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Business confidence is riding high thanks to a free-spending federal budget, booming growth, the stockmarket and commodity rally.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dyer&#8217;s business wrap: Amex warns &#8230; business investment tumbles</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/17/dyers-business-wrap-amex-warns-business-investment-tumbles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/17/dyers-business-wrap-amex-warns-business-investment-tumbles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[american express]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barclays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wall Street's temporary bounce has been smothered in a torrent of bad news overnight from the US, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Business confidence falls back to earth</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/10/business-confidence-falls-back-to-earth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/10/business-confidence-falls-back-to-earth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national australia bank]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The latest business confidence figures suggest a case of easy come, easy go for the Australian economy, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Eurozone economy: Situation critical</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/19/eurozone-economy-situation-critical/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/19/eurozone-economy-situation-critical/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Europe is now becoming slowly clear that the recession is much deeper serious than first thought, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Confidence up, confidence down: Our bipolar economy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/10/confidence-up-confidence-down-our-bipolar-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/10/confidence-up-confidence-down-our-bipolar-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business confidence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We are seeing an economy where business and consumers are starting to take divergent views, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Business confidence plumbs record depths</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/09/business-confidence-plumbs-record-depths/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/09/business-confidence-plumbs-record-depths/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business confidence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The latest business confidence figures come as the Australian economy continues its contraction -- and there could be worse to come, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate confidence stays in a hole. Phew.</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/28/corporate-confidence-stays-in-a-hole-phew/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/28/corporate-confidence-stays-in-a-hole-phew/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Corporate confidence in the future of the economy has again fallen, according to the latest Business Confidence Survey from the NAB, reports <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment beyond 5%? Just what the RBA ordered</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/12/unemployment-beyond-5-just-what-the-rba-ordered/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/12/unemployment-beyond-5-just-what-the-rba-ordered/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Reserve Bank and some of the more hawkish business economists and commentators might rue the day they weighed into the Australian economy with a club, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.

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		<title>Happy Christmas: Retail sales hold the key</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/05/happy-christmas-retail-sales-hold-the-key/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/05/happy-christmas-retail-sales-hold-the-key/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business confidence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Naughty Australian shoppers kept their wallets open in December and spent up big for the festive season, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>The Economy: Business confidence up</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/31/the-economy-business-confidence-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/31/the-economy-business-confidence-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wall Street recovered overnight, following the Australian market's relatively strong performance yesterday. Perhaps this will come to be seen as a small correction, with no need for the shoal of local economists to switch directions on interest rates (again) like a shoal of sardines sensing a predator.]]></description>
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