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		<title>Get ready for an RBA rates ramp up</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/17/get-ready-for-an-rba-rates-ramp-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/17/get-ready-for-an-rba-rates-ramp-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Reserve Bank will continue to lift its key cash rate as long as "economic conditions evolved as expected", the minutes for the last board meeting reveal.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</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>Lending figures vindicate RBA&#8217;s interest rate strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/11/lending-figures-vindicate-rbas-interest-rate-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/11/lending-figures-vindicate-rbas-interest-rate-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lending figures]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today’s ABS lending figures contain some good news for the health of financial markets, and a partial vindication of the RBA's interest rate strategy.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/11/lending-figures-vindicate-rbas-interest-rate-strategy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</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>Interest rate rise small change for mug punters</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/04/interest-rate-rise-small-change-for-mug-punters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/04/interest-rate-rise-small-change-for-mug-punters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[melbourne cup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday's interest rate rise was, in monetary terms, roughly what we spent yesterday per head losing on the Cup. And if we just offset the cost of all the hats and champagne with the lost working hours spent on office sweeps...
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Forget mortgage holders, every rate rise hurts business</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/04/forget-mortgage-holders-every-rate-rise-hurts-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/04/forget-mortgage-holders-every-rate-rise-hurts-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgage holders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why is the media so fixated on mortgage holders? More concerning is how much power the Big Four banks now hold over the economy, and how SMEs are struggling to get finance. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/04/forget-mortgage-holders-every-rate-rise-hurts-business/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Did RBA jump the gun?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/ask-the-economists-did-glenn-stevens-jump-the-gun/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/ask-the-economists-did-glenn-stevens-jump-the-gun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ask the economists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/ask-the-economists-did-glenn-stevens-jump-the-gun/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Was the RBA's decision to end the cutting cycle and raise rates to 3.25% a step too far? Australia's leading economists weigh-in.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/ask-the-economists-did-glenn-stevens-jump-the-gun/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Glenn Stevens&#8217; high wire act on rates</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/07/glenn-stevens-high-wire-act-on-rates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/07/glenn-stevens-high-wire-act-on-rates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/07/glenn-stevens-high-wire-act-on-rates/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is the Reserve Bank chief softening up public opinion in preparation for an interest rate rise? <b>Sinclair Davdson</b> investigates.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/07/glenn-stevens-high-wire-act-on-rates/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>A recipe for disaster: tightening the mortgage belt</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/04/a-recipe-for-disaster-tightening-the-mortgage-belt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/04/a-recipe-for-disaster-tightening-the-mortgage-belt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian households]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fujitsu consulting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[futures research centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suburban fringe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Crikey lists some of the ingredients turning an interest rate rise into a big old mess, writes <b>Dara Conduit</b>. 

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		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/04/a-recipe-for-disaster-tightening-the-mortgage-belt/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Woolies booming; stand by for a rate rise</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/26/woolies-booming-stand-by-for-a-rate-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/26/woolies-booming-stand-by-for-a-rate-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[profit margins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retailing business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wooli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[woolies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Woolworths has shown why 2007 was a boom year for it and most of its competitors with a 28% rise in first half profit. Not the sort of news you want headlining a week out from a Reserve Bank board meeting that will consider another interest rate rise, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/26/woolies-booming-stand-by-for-a-rate-rise/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The interest rate rise has helped the rich at the expense of the poor</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/06/the-interest-rate-rise-has-helped-the-rich-at-the-expense-of-the-poor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/06/the-interest-rate-rise-has-helped-the-rich-at-the-expense-of-the-poor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cash inflows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food and fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wealth effect]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I'm unimpressed at the interest rate rise. This rise will not affect the better off at all - quite the reverse - it makes them more money. For the large percentage of Australians who are cash rich, with low and no debt, an interest rate rise just gives them more money to spend, writes Democrat Senator Andrew Murray.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/06/the-interest-rate-rise-has-helped-the-rich-at-the-expense-of-the-poor/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Richard Farmer&#8217;s political bite-sized meaty chunks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/06/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/06/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dietrich Bonhoeffer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[german theologian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indirect taxation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theologian dietrich bonhoeffer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Meaty snippets from the home of government plus the daily reality check and the pick of other people's political coverage. <b>Richard Farmer</b> writes.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/06/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is raising interest rates the right response?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/05/is-raising-interest-rates-the-right-response/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/05/is-raising-interest-rates-the-right-response/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumption expenditure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inflation problem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investment boom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The RBA will today decide whether it will raise interest rates to combat a growing inflation problem, but is it the best response? <b>Thomas Hunter</b> spoke to a group of Australia's leading economists. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/05/is-raising-interest-rates-the-right-response/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Morning Market Report</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/05/morning-market-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/05/morning-market-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commerce department report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dow index]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rise]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The highlights and lowlights of this morning's sharemarket activity.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mungo: This is the week where it all starts happening</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/14/mungo-this-is-the-week-where-it-all-starts-happening/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/14/mungo-this-is-the-week-where-it-all-starts-happening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[japanese whalers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pernicious practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uncharted seas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[And this, as they say, is where the story really starts. The government is officially back to work preparing to launch itself across the uncharted seas of its election promises, writes Mungo MacCallum.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/14/mungo-this-is-the-week-where-it-all-starts-happening/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Blogwatch: the Big Banks edition</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/09/blogwatch-the-big-banks-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/09/blogwatch-the-big-banks-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media-Arts-and-Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bank lenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit crunch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swan should have gone in harder ... Make the switch? Not so easy ... Swan an interventionist leftie.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The too-strong economy challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/18/the-too-strong-economy-challenge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/18/the-too-strong-economy-challenge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Access Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit crunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hawke government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Choking on the prosperity of the moment that ranks as our biggest risk for 2008, says Access Economics Chris Richardson. How will the Rudd governemt handle the challenges ahead for the economy? Christian Kerr investigates.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Kevin conundrum</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/20/the-kevin-conundrum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/20/the-kevin-conundrum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most interesting poll appears only after a federal election. It is the Australian National University’s Australian Electoral Survey, writes Christian Kerr.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kevin Rudd, growth and the &#8216;you too&#8217; campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/19/kevin-rudd-growth-and-the-you-too-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/19/kevin-rudd-growth-and-the-you-too-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s not the narrowing, but nor is it annihilation. It is an election in Australia, writes Christian Kerr.]]></description>
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		<title>Comitatus: Females saving Howard from a three figure drubbing</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/16/comitatus-females-saving-howard-from-a-three-figure-drubbing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/16/comitatus-females-saving-howard-from-a-three-figure-drubbing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cumulative breakdowns of the last two Newspolls have been released and what is interesting between the headline result and the state based figures is the different number of seats they suggest would fall, writes Possum Comitatus.]]></description>
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		<title>Crikey Cabbie Panel: Was Howard&#8217;s launch a vote grabber?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/13/crikey-cabbie-panel-was-howards-launch-a-vote-grabber/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/13/crikey-cabbie-panel-was-howards-launch-a-vote-grabber/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With another $9.4 billion for voters, was yesterday's Coalition campaign launch enough to shift momentum in the campaign back to Howard? We took the question to the Crikey Cabbie Panel.]]></description>
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		<title>Farmer: Me Too is a two way street</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/12/farmer-me-too-is-a-two-way-street/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/12/farmer-me-too-is-a-two-way-street/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Coalition's campaign launch was a very old fashioned, plain and low key event... not even an orangutan to provide some light relief, writes Richard Farmer.]]></description>
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		<title>Mungo: A world class exhibition of weaselling</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/12/mungo-a-world-class-exhibition-of-weaselling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/12/mungo-a-world-class-exhibition-of-weaselling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week’s interest rate rise effectively destroyed our Dear Leader’s credibility. The whole of his 2004 campaign was exposed as a lie and his continuing claims of superior economic management revealed as fraudulent, writes Mungo MacCallum.]]></description>
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		<title>Comitatus: Polling the economy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/09/comitatus-polling-the-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/09/comitatus-polling-the-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The key to understanding the way “the economy” seems to be working as an issue in this election is to not to fall into the trap of seeing it as a single holistic <i>thing</i>, writes Possum Comitatus.]]></description>
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		<title>Andrew Murray: They give fiscal conservatives a bad name</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/08/andrew-murray-they-give-fiscal-conservatives-a-bad-name/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/08/andrew-murray-they-give-fiscal-conservatives-a-bad-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We can afford some tax cuts and benefits increases without fearing inflation - but it is the sheer and growing scale and quantum of Liberal/Labor promises that is dangerous and irresponsible, writes Democrats Senator Andrew Murray.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/08/andrew-murray-they-give-fiscal-conservatives-a-bad-name/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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