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		<title>Ted&#8217;s still firing on law and order</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/06/teds-still-firing-on-law-and-order/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/06/teds-still-firing-on-law-and-order/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 02:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Victorian Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Bolt]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=190770</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is clearly hard to get out of that election mode when posturing about tough on law and order is seen by politicians as a pre-requisite for success.]]></description>
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		<title>Hockey wins big from rate rise</title>
		<link>http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/its-easy-to-own-up-to-someone-elses-problem-20101102-17cdz.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/its-easy-to-own-up-to-someone-elses-problem-20101102-17cdz.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 01:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rises]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=183014</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian mortgage owners aren't exactly chuffed by the RBA's latest interest rate rise, but at least one man would be secretly happy: Joe Hockey. This rise provides a grand finale to his recent round of "Hockeynomics," writes <b>Lenore Taylor</b>. 
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		<title>RBA minutes: prudent not to hold back on rate rise</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/20/rba-minutes-prudent-not-to-hold-back-on-rate-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/20/rba-minutes-prudent-not-to-hold-back-on-rate-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=131947</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Could we be on the cusp of more interest rate rises than we thought from the Reserve Bank? Minutes from the latest board meeting suggest it would be "prudent" to be on alert.]]></description>
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		<title>Interest rates rise while Stevens changes his tune</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/02/interest-rates-rise-while-stevens-changes-his-tune/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/02/interest-rates-rise-while-stevens-changes-his-tune/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=120323</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Reserve Bank lifted interest rates rose 0.25% to 4% today, still below what economists called 'trend', or neutral, but we are heading towards that higher plain.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mixed economic scorecard has rates rise an each-way bet</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/02/mixed-economic-scorecard-has-rates-rise-an-each-way-bet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/02/mixed-economic-scorecard-has-rates-rise-an-each-way-bet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=120091</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Speculation on interest rate movements is mostly hollow. But what the media has missed is that the central bank has arranged another full month of appearances by senior staff and the bank.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>We were warned: interest rates will rise</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/02/we-were-warned-interest-rates-will-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/02/we-were-warned-interest-rates-will-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=113431</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When interest rates are raised today, we can't say that we weren't warned. RBA chief Glenn Stevens told us last year we had a chance of avoiding it and we muffed it.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rate rises a bloody good thing for Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/28/rate-rises-a-bloody-good-thing-for-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/28/rate-rises-a-bloody-good-thing-for-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home ownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=112436</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The preoccupation in the Australian media and financial markets commentary on interest rates every time there's a release of economic data is approaching the illogical. Rate rises <em>aren't</em> a bad thing.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Consumers less confident than bullish business</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/09/consumers-less-confident-than-bullish-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/09/consumers-less-confident-than-bullish-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing finance figures]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NAB Business Survey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Westpac]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=104433</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian consumers are less confident than business, the latest Westpac/Melbourne Institute survey of consumer sentiment shows. But is the lack of confidence due to interest rate rises?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gittins: Yes, the banks are being greedy</title>
		<link>http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/a-fiveletter-word-for-banks-rush-to-fatten-profitability-20091208-khh3.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/a-fiveletter-word-for-banks-rush-to-fatten-profitability-20091208-khh3.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free market economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rises]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=104329</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you're complaining about the banks being dodgy and raising their interest rates higher than the official rate, you have every right to complain. Except, they were greedy because businesses need to make profits, writes <b>Ross Gittins</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Interest rate horse puns: their cups runneth over</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/04/interest-rate-horse-puns-their-cups-runneth-over/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/04/interest-rate-horse-puns-their-cups-runneth-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[headlines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lazy journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[melbourne cup]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/04/interest-rate-horse-puns-their-cups-runneth-over/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The priceless coincidence of two major news events occurring within an hour of each other yesterday had the nation's top journalists jockeying relentlessly in their favourite pursuit: tenuously-linked punnage.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ask the economists: tomorrow&#8217;s RBA announcement</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/ask-the-economists-tomorrows-rba-announcement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/ask-the-economists-tomorrows-rba-announcement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophie Black</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rises]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/02/ask-the-economists-tomorrows-rba-announcement/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We asked the economists for their punt on the RBA's interest rate announcement tomorrow, just ahead of the race that stops a nation. They say that the numbers will just keep going up...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The RBA charm offensive</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/26/rba-starts-media-blitz-on-rate-rises/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/26/rba-starts-media-blitz-on-rate-rises/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/26/rba-starts-media-blitz-on-rate-rises/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Reserve Bank is about to embark again on a major selling program as inflation and interest rates resume their historic relationship in the minds and forecasts of the central bank.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australians don&#8217;t blame Rudd for interest rate rise</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/10/20/essential-report-gfc-management-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/10/20/essential-report-gfc-management-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=94021</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest Essential Report reveals some surprising public opinions: 55% of Australians believe the latest interest rate hike reflects a positive trend in the economy, <em>not</em> "reckless and excessive stimulus spending". <b>Possum Comitatus</b> has the rest.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australia: the Switzerland of the South Pacific</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/business/australia-enjoys-moment-in-the-sun-20091008-goy6.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/business/australia-enjoys-moment-in-the-sun-20091008-goy6.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=91941</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's Australia's moment in the global economic sunshine, with strong job figures, and a rising market. "In lifting interest rates, the RBA has succeeded... the Harbour Bridge as the new Australian icon", writes <b>Michael Evans</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Kohler: How 18 out of 20 economists were wrong</title>
		<link>http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/interest-rate-RBA-hike-Gittins-Mitchell-pd20091007-WL6C8?OpenDocument&#038;src=rab</link>
		<comments>http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/interest-rate-RBA-hike-Gittins-Mitchell-pd20091007-WL6C8?OpenDocument&#038;src=rab#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alan Mitchell]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ross gittins]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=91748</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Amongst all the <a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/ask-the-economists-did-glenn-stevens-jump-the-gun/">chatter</a> about interest rate rises, rumours were circulating that two journalists were getting leaked info directly from the RBA, reports <b>Alan Kohler</b>. What problems will this bring?]]></description>
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		<title>No government this morning</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-18/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-18/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all the media focus on the Opposition at the moment, the government are staying very very quiet. Plus, the sneaking humorous world of sub editors.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Stimulus isn&#8217;t money for nothing. Time to wind it back</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/stimulus-isnt-money-for-nothing-time-to-wind-it-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/stimulus-isnt-money-for-nothing-time-to-wind-it-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/stimulus-isnt-money-for-nothing-time-to-wind-it-back/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Calls are mounting for the Federal Government to reduce its wide-ranging fiscal stimulus package as economists continue to upgrade the prospects for the Australian economy.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dangerous ideas</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-97/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-97/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Festival of Dangerous Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keysar Trad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NRL]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em> readers weigh in on Guy Rundle's <em>Festival of Really Dangerous Ideas</em>,  the Indian students report and the possibility of John Howard heading up the NRL commission.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Spiralling dollar spells current account chaos</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/spiralling-dollar-spells-current-account-chaos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/spiralling-dollar-spells-current-account-chaos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian dollar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US dollar]]></category>

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

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		<description><![CDATA[The rate rises have begun, with RBA today lifting its cash rate 0.25% up to 3.25%. Is the Australian economy officially back on track?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/06/rates-up-more-to-come/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Interest rates: what goes down must come back up</title>
		<link>http://business.smh.com.au/business/interest-rate-rises-are-coming-but-dont-jump-the-gun-20090802-e5u4.html</link>
		<comments>http://business.smh.com.au/business/interest-rate-rises-are-coming-but-dont-jump-the-gun-20090802-e5u4.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Interest rates are likely to rise, but not until business and consumer confidence are a little more stable, writes <b>Ross Gittins</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crikey Says</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/11/crikey-says-7/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/11/crikey-says-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first home owners grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home buyers grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[japanese whaling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here's the word from the Golf Club (a genuine cross-section of voters) about the "important" things making news this week. 

]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/11/crikey-says-7/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Confidence slumps, housing hits brick bottom</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/08/confidence-slumps-housing-hits-brick-bottom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/08/confidence-slumps-housing-hits-brick-bottom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brickmaker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brickworks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[horsley park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poor weather]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With housing mortgages at an 11 year high, home lending running at a 9% low and the worst single month for building approvals, you would have though the media would have been all over the decision by Brickworks Ltd yesterday, to cut production in NSW by 100 million bricks a year, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/08/confidence-slumps-housing-hits-brick-bottom/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why a rate rise will only take house prices higher</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/05/why-a-rate-rise-will-only-take-house-prices-higher/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/05/why-a-rate-rise-will-only-take-house-prices-higher/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian bureau of statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bank lenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit crunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rises]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Interest rate rises are supposed to slow the economy ... how then do we explain the surge in house prices in 2007, asks <b> Glen Dyer</b>?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/05/why-a-rate-rise-will-only-take-house-prices-higher/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Will Wayne Swan protect the world’s most expensive banking system?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/27/will-wayne-swan-protect-the-worlds-most-expensive-banking-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/27/will-wayne-swan-protect-the-worlds-most-expensive-banking-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commonwealth Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Keating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New Treasurer Wayne Swan was very keen not to frighten the banking horses during the election campaign, when his distanced himself from Peter Costello’s jawboning on interest rate rises, writes Stephen Mayne.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/27/will-wayne-swan-protect-the-worlds-most-expensive-banking-system/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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