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	<title>Crikey &#187; interest rates</title>
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		<title>OurSay challenges MPs on intervention, banking and personal wealth</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/oursay-challenges-mps-on-intervention-banking-and-personal-wealth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/oursay-challenges-mps-on-intervention-banking-and-personal-wealth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[banking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Questions on the NT intervention, a people’s bank, MPs’ tax and uranium-based munitions returns have emerged in Our Say’s People’s Question project]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>How a rate hike could save the banks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/how-a-rate-hike-could-save-the-banks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/how-a-rate-hike-could-save-the-banks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273389</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia's banking systems have a weakness – our so-called ‘funding gap’ – and it's time to bring that weakness into the open, given that ANZ is this week deciding whether to lift mortgage interest rates, writes <b>Robert Gottliebsen</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>RBA could increase rates if there&#8217;s a sharp rise in inflation</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/rba-could-increase-rates-if-theres-a-sharp-rise-in-inflation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/rba-could-increase-rates-if-theres-a-sharp-rise-in-inflation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian dollar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greece bailout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greece default]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US dollar]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lots of mea culpas this morning from business economists and media pundits who got the Reserve Bank rate decision horribly wrong yesterday, write <b>Glenn Dyer</b> and <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: trouble in a carry trade paradise</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/rba-rates-on-hold/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/rba-rates-on-hold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european central bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273152</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Keynesian purists are all clutching their foreheads, but actually it’s pretty fabulous that Australia’s politicians are competing with each other to promise budget surpluses.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wayne Swan causing a credit squeeze? Get real</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/07/wayne-swan-banks-interest-rates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/07/wayne-swan-banks-interest-rates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks in australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Murray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monetary policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272969</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Claims that Wayne Swan could hurt the banks by pressuring them to pass on rate cuts are rubbish.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/07/wayne-swan-banks-interest-rates/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Plenty of light in the doom-and-gloom retail figures</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/06/plenty-of-light-in-the-doom-and-gloom-retail-figures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/06/plenty-of-light-in-the-doom-and-gloom-retail-figures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anz job ads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail spending]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272778</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The headline fall of 0.1% in the seasonally adjusted value of retail sales for December got the "rate cut looms" mob back on the hunt this morning.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/06/plenty-of-light-in-the-doom-and-gloom-retail-figures/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>WIll the RBA cut the official interest rate?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/06/will-the-rba-cut-the-official-interest-rate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/06/will-the-rba-cut-the-official-interest-rate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail sales]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272670</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The market is less confident today than it was a week ago that the Reserve Bank Board will cut the official interest rate when it meets tomorrow.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/06/will-the-rba-cut-the-official-interest-rate/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t let the big banks frame the &#8216;funding costs&#8217; debate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/31/dont-let-the-big-banks-frame-the-funding-costs-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/31/dont-let-the-big-banks-frame-the-funding-costs-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big 4 Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fitch ratings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Westpac]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271783</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The debate over bank funding costs shows the Big 4 are getting away with distracting us from the real issue: their profits, write <b>Glenn Dyer</b> and <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/31/dont-let-the-big-banks-frame-the-funding-costs-debate/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Flat inflation &#8212; cue the &#8216;rate cut looms&#8217; headline</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/25/flat-inflation-cue-the-rate-cut-looms-headline/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/25/flat-inflation-cue-the-rate-cut-looms-headline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian bureau of statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cpi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inflation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270901</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A flat inflation result for the December quarter opens the way for a rate cut, yes, but watch Greece ...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/25/flat-inflation-cue-the-rate-cut-looms-headline/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>IMF paper positive about Australian banking system</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/25/imf-paper-positive-about-australian-banking-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/25/imf-paper-positive-about-australian-banking-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270787</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What is disappointing about the reporting of the IMF working paper is the absence of any critical view.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/25/imf-paper-positive-about-australian-banking-system/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why the RBA should hold fire on rates</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/23/why-the-rba-should-hold-fire-on-rates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/23/why-the-rba-should-hold-fire-on-rates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian bureau of statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone]]></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=270257</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The local and international economies aren't as bad as many claim, and the RBA should hold off on cutting rates.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/23/why-the-rba-should-hold-fire-on-rates/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Joye: rate cut consensus awaits real-world momentum</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/18/joye-rate-cut-consensus-awaits-real-world-momentum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/18/joye-rate-cut-consensus-awaits-real-world-momentum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269540</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After the flood-induced downdraft in housing prices, loan approvals on existing homes have been rising steadily since March. An interest rate cut is no certainty, says <b>Christopher Joye</b> of <a href="http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/"><em>Property Observer</em></a>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/18/joye-rate-cut-consensus-awaits-real-world-momentum/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Who put the fun police in charge of racing?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/17/who-put-the-fun-police-in-charge-of-racing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/17/who-put-the-fun-police-in-charge-of-racing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[horse racing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269290</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From the end of this month there will be new forms to fill in if you want to avoid the risk of someone else legally grabbing your horse.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bartholomeusz: banks rattle the rates cage</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/16/bartholomeusz-banks-rattle-the-rates-cage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/16/bartholomeusz-banks-rattle-the-rates-cage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bartholomeusz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gail Kelly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[westpac bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265605</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Having had a week to think about ANZ’s bold move to distance itself from future Reserve Bank rate decisions, two of its peers have passed up the opportunity provided by their AGMs this week to announce they would emulate it.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/16/bartholomeusz-banks-rattle-the-rates-cage/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Banks make huge savings thanks to cheaper local deposits</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/15/banks-make-huge-savings-thanks-to-cheaper-local-deposits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/15/banks-make-huge-savings-thanks-to-cheaper-local-deposits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gail Kelly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ric Battellino]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265313</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the surge in domestic savings (running at 10%) and low demand for loans, banks have been able to build substantial deposit cushions, allowing further cuts in offshore borrowing.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/15/banks-make-huge-savings-thanks-to-cheaper-local-deposits/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>More bad polls for Labor</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/14/more-bad-polls-for-labor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/14/more-bad-polls-for-labor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265022</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Westpac/Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment is a fitting signal for what has been an unhappy year for the Federal Government.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Black Swans and Christmas turkeys</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/09/black-swans-and-christmas-turkeys/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/09/black-swans-and-christmas-turkeys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Black Swans and Christmas turkeys: Niall Clugston writes:  Re. &#8220;Power Shots: can Swan beat the banks? &#8230; biggest Power fails of 2011 &#8230;&#8220;  (yesterday, item 14). Well, in fact, Australian parliaments have all the power that previously resided with absolute monarchs. The only real restriction is the federal constitution, but that doesn&#8217;t mention interest rates. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Banks who stole Christmas podcast</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/the-banks-who-stole-christmas-podcast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/the-banks-who-stole-christmas-podcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canberra Calling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[europe economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[podcast]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264243</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em> discusses the sickly European economy and how the banks have copped a hiding in the media this week for failing to pass on the Reserve Bank's rate cut. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Interest rate rituals and Christmas pantomimes</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/interest-rate-rituals-and-christmas-pantomimes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/interest-rate-rituals-and-christmas-pantomimes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264074</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here we go again. A year on, we're having the same debate about banking regulation.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Solid growth without jobs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/solid-growth-without-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/solid-growth-without-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ron paul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264012</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday's gross domestic product figures show there is no problem in Australia at the moment about economic growth.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bank stand-off over interest rate cut</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/bank-stand-off-over-interest-rate-cut/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/bank-stand-off-over-interest-rate-cut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commonwealth Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Westpac]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264004</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: The Reserve Bank's decision to cut interest rates by 0.25% earlier this week has turned into a stand-off with ANZ the only one of the Big Four banks to pass the cuts on to customers.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>RBA takes fright at a desperate eurozone</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/rba-takes-fright-at-a-desperate-eurozone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/rba-takes-fright-at-a-desperate-eurozone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European financial crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Standard and Poor's]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263845</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The RBA has cut rates in anticipation of the impact of the European crisis. Given the news out of the eurozone, it won't be the last cut.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mortgage, interest rate cuts war as serious as the Nullarbor Nymph</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/mortgage-interest-rate-cuts-war-as-serious-as-the-nullarbor-nymph/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/mortgage-interest-rate-cuts-war-as-serious-as-the-nullarbor-nymph/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[big four banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate cuts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[westpac bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263844</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, the big four: CBA, ANZ, Westpac and NAB are sitting back and waiting for one of them to bolt from cover, so they others can get a lead on how much of the 0.25% rate cut to pass on.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>News.com.au&#8217;s Struggle St struggles &#8230;. Leveson latest &#8230; reporting armageddon &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/media-briefs-finding-struggle-st-albrechtsen-on-thatcher-leveson-latest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/media-briefs-finding-struggle-st-albrechtsen-on-thatcher-leveson-latest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media briefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Janet Albrechtsen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Margaret Thatcher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news com au]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263761</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[News.com.au's struggle street struggles ... gay marriage and knowing your history ...Front Page of the Day ...Leveson inquiry: subterfuge can be in public interest, says Guardian reporter ...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>The so-called virtues of austerity</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/05/the-so-called-virtues-of-austerity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/05/the-so-called-virtues-of-austerity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems to be the political orthodoxy in most developed country democracies these days that government spending must be cut to produce budgets that balance.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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