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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>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd&#8217;s Indian diplomacy to be tested</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/11/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-42/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/11/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-42/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Diplomacy to be tested ... A good time to have something else on his mind ... A glutton for interest rate punishment ... Words of wisdom from on high]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Confidence returns after pregnant pause</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/11/confidence-returns-after-pregnant-pause/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/11/confidence-returns-after-pregnant-pause/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It wasn't such a shock that after successive rate rises from the Reserve Bank (followed by bank home-loan rate rises) and an awful lot of knee-jerk media reporting, that consumer confidence fell last month, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Government has lowered expectations on labour market  success</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/05/government-has-lowered-expectations-on-labour-market-success/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/05/government-has-lowered-expectations-on-labour-market-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In its panic the government has over-stimulated the economy and that fiscal mistake is going to have adverse consequences, writes <b>Sinclair Davidson</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/05/government-has-lowered-expectations-on-labour-market-success/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</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...
]]></description>
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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>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>RBA lifts rates, declares GFC dead</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/rba-lifts-rates-declares-gfc-dead/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/rba-lifts-rates-declares-gfc-dead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Reserve Bank has lifted interest rates by 25 basis points to 3.50%. Get set for a slew of increases as Glenn Stevens lets the good times roll.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/rba-lifts-rates-declares-gfc-dead/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>A firm favourite at 2.30pm</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-36/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-36/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chechnya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intererst rate rise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspoll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ramzan kadyrov]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Crikey Interest Rate Indicator is still predicting a 0.25% rise today, today's Newspoll looks a bit suss, and Chechnya's race horse-owning President Ramzan Kadyrov takes aim.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</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>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<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>Blame the states when RBA lifts rates</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/cpi-up-blame-the-states-when-rba-lifts-rates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/cpi-up-blame-the-states-when-rba-lifts-rates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Price Index]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate hike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/cpi-up-blame-the-states-when-rba-lifts-rates/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When the Reserve Bank lifts interest rates next Tuesday and again either in December or February, you can thank the lazy, fat, rapacious State Governments.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Let the Olympic lobbying begin</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-32/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-32/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Olympic Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rohan Gunaratna]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A promising start for the Australian Olympic Committee's four-yearly campaign to keep their funding gravy train on the rails, how much should we pay for some African goodwill? real interest rates return, and more meaty chunks from <b>Richard Farmer</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</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>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>

		<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>RBA: &#8220;possibly imprudent&#8221; not to lift rates</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/20/rba-says-it-would-have-been-possibly-imprudent-not-to-lift-rate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/20/rba-says-it-would-have-been-possibly-imprudent-not-to-lift-rate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Reserve Bank lifted interest rates because it might have been "possibly imprudent" not to do so -- quite a telling phrase for such a conservative organisation.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Spending borrowed monies leads to false bravado</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/19/spending-borrowed-monies-leads-to-false-bravado/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/19/spending-borrowed-monies-leads-to-false-bravado/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first home owners grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you were to believe world stock markets, the recession is drawing to a close, with the wisdom of government spending and global monetary easing spurring the world to another economic recovery. But the markets have long proven to be an unfaithful talisman. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Political economy: Stevens&#8217; rate rise fever goes global</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/16/political-economy-stevens-rate-rise-fever-goes-global/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/16/political-economy-stevens-rate-rise-fever-goes-global/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations, Glenn Stevens, for preparing us for bold rate hikes, writes <b>Henry Thornton</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Stevens still sees the sunny side up</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/15/stevens-still-sees-the-sunny-side-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/15/stevens-still-sees-the-sunny-side-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[RBA Governor, Glenn Stevens, has rejected claims that the Australian economy is "too strong". We may have escaped the global crunch but he's determined not to fluff the recovery.]]></description>
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		<title>Experts get it very wrong on rentals</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/15/experts-get-it-very-wrong-on-rentals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/15/experts-get-it-very-wrong-on-rentals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first home buyers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rental market]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The rental market is fairly uncomplicated, but business journalists are commonly thinking of reasons as to why rents go up or down. This is only one reason: the number of vacant rental properties.]]></description>
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		<title>Interest rates: the difference between reality and chatter</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/interest-rates-the-difference-between-reality-and-chatter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/interest-rates-the-difference-between-reality-and-chatter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinion polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/interest-rates-the-difference-between-reality-and-chatter/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Amid the media chatter today about what the interest rate rise means for the "stimulus debate", news from the real world is that the majority of Australians reckon the government is handling the economy very well.]]></description>
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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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		<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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=91316</guid>
		<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>
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		<title>Triguboff, Keane talking fiction on house prices</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/06/triguboff-keane-talking-fiction-on-house-prices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/06/triguboff-keane-talking-fiction-on-house-prices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic forecasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Triguboff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/06/triguboff-keane-talking-fiction-on-house-prices/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Billionaire Harry Triguboff's pleas for the RBA not to raise interest rates today are informed by a massive conflict of interest: the longer Australia’s housing bubble continues, the more Triguboff can sell his apartments for. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Political economy: a looming property crash?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/05/political-economy-a-looming-property-crash/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/05/political-economy-a-looming-property-crash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US umemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/05/political-economy-a-looming-property-crash/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One reason to be worried about raising interest rates here is the parlous state of the US economy, writes <b>Henry Thornton</b>, with US unemployment at 9.8% and hours worked at record lows.]]></description>
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		<title>Interest rates: the local waitress put in her two bob&#8217;s worth</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/01/interest-rates-the-local-waitress-put-in-her-two-bobs-worth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/01/interest-rates-the-local-waitress-put-in-her-two-bobs-worth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today Tonight]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/01/interest-rates-the-local-waitress-put-in-her-two-bobs-worth/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The house price gravy train has arrived again at the station, and off we go towards higher interest rates and a greater lack of social equity.]]></description>
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