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	<title>Crikey &#187; economic stimulus package</title>
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		<title>Rick Perry and a world where stimulus is partisan treason</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/18/rick-perry-stimulus-presidential-election/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/18/rick-perry-stimulus-presidential-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 03:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 Presidential election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus strategy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With any luck, the question of another stimulus package will never arise. But if it does, it'll be the ideological equivalent of lifting up a rock to find out what crawls beneath.]]></description>
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		<title>Why the US requires one more cash injection</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/opinion/29tyson.html?_r=1</link>
		<comments>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/opinion/29tyson.html?_r=1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US economy desperately needs <em>another</em> stimulus package, declares <b>Laura Tyson</b>. Homes and businesses are desperately saving, unemployment benefits are lacking and more infrastructure projects -- and jobs -- are required.]]></description>
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		<title>Former Treasury Secretary rallies against second US stimulus</title>
		<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/08/robert-rubin-argues-again_n_674772.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/08/robert-rubin-argues-again_n_674772.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 01:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Rubin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=162725</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Former Treasury Secretary Bob Rubin has publicly argued against further stimulus to revive the American economy. Rubin is a contentious figure, praised for generating economic growth and criticized for introducing deregulation that helped cause the current crisis. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Memo to Obama: stop spending!</title>
		<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-07-19/please-no-more-government-spending/?cid=hp:beastoriginalsC1</link>
		<comments>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-07-19/please-no-more-government-spending/?cid=hp:beastoriginalsC1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=155362</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rallying against legions of economists in favour of government stimulus packages, Novel laureate economist <b>Vernon L. Smith</b> pleads the White House to stop spending, arguing the problem behind the GFC has been touted as the solution. ]]></description>
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		<title>How Swan let Rudd down</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/25/farmer-how-swan-let-rudd-down/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/25/farmer-how-swan-let-rudd-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 03:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Farmer on the Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=148635</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Treasurer Wayne Swan has to take some blame for the poor salesmanship of the Rudd government financial credibility and the actions it took to avoid the GFC. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>69</slash:comments>
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		<title>Colless: The cost of jobs at any price</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/jobs-at-any-price-is-phony-policy/story-e6frg6zo-1225876665582</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/jobs-at-any-price-is-phony-policy/story-e6frg6zo-1225876665582#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Building the Education Revolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garrett's roofing insulation scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=144491</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jobs, jobs, jobs: it's been Rudd's mantra ever since the GFC hit and it explains the insulation debacle and the BER scheme. Except its an unrealistic and phoney concept, writes <b>Malcolm Colless</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Miracle economy or Australia on life support?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/03/miracle-economy-or-australia-on-life-support/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/03/miracle-economy-or-australia-on-life-support/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Building the Education Revolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=143320</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Daily Media Wrap</b>: National accounts released yesterday show Australia's economy grew by 0.5% in the first three months of the year. Is the Rudd government's love of stimulus packages to thank?]]></description>
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		<title>Berg: The fudged Budget figures</title>
		<link>http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2901918.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2901918.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 00:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Budget 2010]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=139250</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wayne Swan claimed the economic stimulus package saved the Australian economy, with a clever graph tucked inside the Budget showing exactly that. Except, the figures were hand picked to give the answer Wayne wanted, writes <b>Chris Berg</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The most important chart in the budget</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2010/05/12/the-most-important-chart-in-the-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2010/05/12/the-most-important-chart-in-the-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 00:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Possum Comitatus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Budget 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[revealed]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=137773</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tucked away in Budget Paper Number 1 is a fascinating little chart showing the most politically important piece of data in the entire budget: justifying the stimulus package and giving likely scenarios for if it didn't exist. <b>Possum Comitatus</b> investigates.]]></description>
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		<title>Stutchbury: Julia&#8217;s past her use-by</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/gillards-stimulus-program-is-past-its-use-by-date/story-e6frg6zo-1225855687048</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/gillards-stimulus-program-is-past-its-use-by-date/story-e6frg6zo-1225855687048#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Building the Education Revolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=131827</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There's a lazy $3 billion being wasted on the BER program, which would be better spent clinching Rudd's hospital takeover deal. We need to halt Julia's BER plan before there's no money left, writes <b>Michael Stutchbury</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ask the economists: are we overstimulated?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/04/ask-the-economists-are-we-overstimulated/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/04/ask-the-economists-are-we-overstimulated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ask the economists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rate rises]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=120735</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em> asked a group of leading economic hard heads whether it was finally time to wind back the stimulus in light of yesterday's growth number and the RBA's decision on Tuesday to hike interest rates. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s not about how much they spend, it&#8217;s what they spend it on</title>
		<link>http://inside.org.au/big-cuts-and-little-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://inside.org.au/big-cuts-and-little-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=120669</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's typical Labor government stuff at the moment: Labor had a big cash splash to avert the GFC and now the Coalition are blasting their 'spiralling debt'. But how <em>should</em> the government balance spending with saving? asks <b>Brian Toohey</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gittins: Rudd was too good at saving us</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/rudd-pays-for-avoiding-recession-20100302-pg6o.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/rudd-pays-for-avoiding-recession-20100302-pg6o.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=120403</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan successfully managed us out of an economic crisis with their stimulus package. But by averting a recession, the public has no idea how close we were to disaster and are quick to turn, writes <b>Ross Gittins</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Barnaby Joyce: How Labor threw all our money away</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/opinion/labor-has-partied-hard-but-now-we-face-the-debt-hangover/story-e6frgd0x-1225834048745</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/opinion/labor-has-partied-hard-but-now-we-face-the-debt-hangover/story-e6frgd0x-1225834048745#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national debt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=119132</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rudd's economic stimulus package brought us no major infrastructure projects, economic blow outs and failed schemes. Labor partied hard and now we're stuck suffering the debt hangover, says <b>Barnaby Joyce</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Henry: The financial crisis is over</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/12/henry-the-financial-crisis-is-over/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/12/henry-the-financial-crisis-is-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Henry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media wrap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=116047</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The surprising news that Australia's unemployment rate dropped 5.5% last month has prompted treasury Secretary Ken Henry to declare the Global Financial Crisis over. But neither the Business Council nor Barnaby Joyce are ready to break out the bubbly just yet.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Unemployment falls as stimulus is withdrawn</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/11/meanwhile-in-the-real-world-unemployment-falls-as-stimulus-is-withdrawn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/11/meanwhile-in-the-real-world-unemployment-falls-as-stimulus-is-withdrawn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=115828</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unemployment has plummeted -- a small reminder that, for all its problems this week, the Government has got the big picture right.]]></description>
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		<title>Bailouts vs. Stimulus vs. GDP</title>
		<link>http://hbr.org/2010/01/vision-statement-a-map-to-healthy-and-ailing-markets/ar/1</link>
		<comments>http://hbr.org/2010/01/vision-statement-a-map-to-healthy-and-ailing-markets/ar/1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bailout package]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=113387</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A great data visualisation from the <em>Harvard Business Review</em> showing how large a percentage of their GDP different countries are spending on bailouts and stimulus packages in the wake of the GFC.]]></description>
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		<title>Albrechtsen: Our PM has no balls</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/rudd-is-all-talk-and-no-voter-pain/story-e6frg6zo-1225812908559</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/rudd-is-all-talk-and-no-voter-pain/story-e6frg6zo-1225812908559#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=107851</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The people love him, but as Kevin Rudd done anything of great substance as PM? Instead, he avoids making difficult decisions -- from the ETS to the stimulus package -- to help ensure his popularity, writes <b>Janet Albrechtsen</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Kelly: The power behind Julia, the people&#8217;s princess</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/power-behind-the-throne/story-e6frg6zo-1225811890010</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/power-behind-the-throne/story-e6frg6zo-1225811890010#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Revolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=107208</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Deputy PM Julia Gillard's image has moved from leftie Work Choice demolisher to capable and popular Acting PM. Can her so-called Education Revolution work to solidify her policy making skills? asks <b>Paul Kelly</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>A tick for the Treasurer</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/16/a-tick-for-the-treasurer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/16/a-tick-for-the-treasurer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Albanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney Airport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=106157</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Latest figures from the ABS show that Treasurer Wayne Swan got it right by refusing to cut down on the stimulus package three months ago. Plus, a second airport for Sydney? Ha!]]></description>
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		<title>Buoyant housing sector further vindicates the Reserve Bank</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/15/buoyant-housing-sector-further-vindicates-the-reserve-bank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/15/buoyant-housing-sector-further-vindicates-the-reserve-bank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=105871</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today's housing data confirms the RBA got its interest rate timing right. But the trick will be sustaining the surge in housing construction.]]></description>
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		<title>Treasury busts some stimulus myths</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/09/treasury-busts-some-stimulus-myths/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/09/treasury-busts-some-stimulus-myths/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Gruen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal stimulus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[One Nation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=104425</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The GFC might have been an unusual crisis compared to previous recessions, but fiscal stimulus is not as poor an option for such crises as we’ve been led to think. Even the Treasury agrees the government didn't spend too much.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>58</slash:comments>
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		<title>PIGS might fly when it comes to public debt</title>
		<link>http://economics.com.au/?p=4783&#038;utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+com%2FJUlM+%28CoreEcon%29</link>
		<comments>http://economics.com.au/?p=4783&#038;utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+com%2FJUlM+%28CoreEcon%29#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portugal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spain]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=104458</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rising public debt is a key challenges facing world economies, with many countries with debt to GDP ratios over 100%. And it's the PIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain) who are at the most risk, explains <b>Mark Crosby</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Kelly: How next year will unfold for Wayne and Kevin</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26301208-7583,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26301208-7583,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=97110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Avoiding a recession has become both a gift and a burden to the Rudd government, writes <b>Paul Kelly</b>. Expect a battle between managing the economy recovery and spending on big ticket election issues -- climate change, health and households. Can Swan reign in spending?]]></description>
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		<title>Hartcher: Is Swan the anti-Keating?</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/doing-it-with-his-eyes-closed-swan-the-modest-20091102-hthq.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/doing-it-with-his-eyes-closed-swan-the-modest-20091102-hthq.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Keating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=96782</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wayne Swan is acting a lot more modest over the Australian economy's GFC rebound than Paul "the recession we had to have" Keating, writes <b>Peter Hartcher</b>. But it's thanks to Keating and Peter Costello that we avoided further trouble]]></description>
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