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	<title>Crikey &#187; recession</title>
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		<title>Why we&#8217;re nowhere near out of the woods yet</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/05/why-were-nowhere-near-out-of-the-woods-yet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/05/why-were-nowhere-near-out-of-the-woods-yet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic forecasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Schiff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Global share markets and federal banks are hailing the end of the recession -- but they make a living out of telling people what they want to hear.  Some other commentators are singing a very different tune.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>New Zealand rams its way out of recession</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/new-zealand-rams-its-way-out-of-recession/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/new-zealand-rams-its-way-out-of-recession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reserve Bank of New Zealand]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The combination of China and strong government spending has arrived to help the Kiwi economy escape its worst slump in 30 years and is now officially out of recession.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bernanke &#8216;recession over&#8217; claims ridiculous</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/bernanke-recession-over-claims-ridiculous/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/16/bernanke-recession-over-claims-ridiculous/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Markets went whoopee, but Ben Bernanke's comments that the the "technical recession" in the US was probably over chafe badly with reality.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kevin Rudd&#8217;s ham-fisted stimulus fails</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/25/kevin-rudds-ham-fisted-stimulus-fails/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/25/kevin-rudds-ham-fisted-stimulus-fails/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[automotive industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Oba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Technically, Australia may have avoided a recession. However, there is a very big difference between missing a recession and successful economic policy. PM Kevin Rudd's stimulus package has proved foolhardy. 
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Down, down, down as the sharemarket shakedown looms</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/down-down-down-as-the-sharemarket-shakedown-looms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/down-down-down-as-the-sharemarket-shakedown-looms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[china economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Australian markets are lower for a second day, American markets are down, Europe is lower and Asia is off the boil, putting a lie to claims of a "rebound".]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Recession? What recession?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/07/recession-what-recession/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/07/recession-what-recession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic forecasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Reserve Bank now believes Australia will escape a recession, having lifted its 2009 growth rate from a contraction of 1% in the May Statement on Monetary Policy, to growth of 0.5%.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The good economic news just keeps on coming</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/09/the-good-economic-news-just-keeps-on-coming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/09/the-good-economic-news-just-keeps-on-coming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment figures]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is an economy coping remarkably well with a collapse in its terms of trade and a collapse in business lending.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/09/the-good-economic-news-just-keeps-on-coming/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>If this is a recession, the figures are telling lies</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/08/if-this-is-a-recession-the-figures-are-telling-lies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/08/if-this-is-a-recession-the-figures-are-telling-lies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour Force figures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Housing finance strong, consumer sentiment rising -- new figures suggest the Australian consumer seems determined to avoid thinking about recession.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/08/if-this-is-a-recession-the-figures-are-telling-lies/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Give consumers a little credit when it comes to managing their debt</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/19/give-consumers-a-little-credit-when-it-comes-to-managing-their-debt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/19/give-consumers-a-little-credit-when-it-comes-to-managing-their-debt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit cards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Australian consumers are proving once again they are cleverer than the handwringers give them credit for.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/19/give-consumers-a-little-credit-when-it-comes-to-managing-their-debt/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: let&#8217;s not get carried away here</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/12/kohler-lets-not-get-carried-away-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/12/kohler-lets-not-get-carried-away-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour Force figures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While all the good economic news lately has been wonderful, there’s always a “but…” attached, writes <b>Alan Kohler</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Unemployment holds the line at 5.7%</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/unemployment-holds-the-line-at-57/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/unemployment-holds-the-line-at-57/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Australia’s unemployment rate continues to defy expectations and appears to reaffirm that the economy is far stronger than expected. <strong>Bernard Keane</strong> reports.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/unemployment-holds-the-line-at-57/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fashion turns derelicte: brown bags are the new black</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/10/fashion-turns-derelique-brown-bags-are-the-new-black/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/10/fashion-turns-derelique-brown-bags-are-the-new-black/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mel Campbell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lacroix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Morrissey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Like aristocrats in the French Revolution, the fashion industry knew it would be first against the wall in the global economic downturn. <b>Mel Campbell</b> looks at dressing for recession.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/10/fashion-turns-derelique-brown-bags-are-the-new-black/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Qantas responds to Crikey about inflight news censoring</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-12/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[channel nine news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childhood obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Motors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-12/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Qantas does not seek to influence Channel Nine's on air content. We do exercise this right of veto for items we believe may distress or offend our passengers, writes <strong>Michael Freedman</strong>. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd is right to be smug</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/03/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-26/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/03/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-26/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Annette Beacher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/03/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-26/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor must sure be pleased with themselves after today's GDP figures, says <b>Richard Farmer</b>, and what's Annette Beacher up to?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/03/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-26/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The little recession that couldn&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/03/the-little-recession-that-couldnt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/03/the-little-recession-that-couldnt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For the Government and Treasury, this is as close to vindication of its stimulus approach as it will get. And all thanks to 0.4%, in black, rather than red.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/03/the-little-recession-that-couldnt/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Our economy: so hot right now</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/03/our-economy-so-hot-right-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/03/our-economy-so-hot-right-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was supposed to be a recession, but compared to the likes of the US, Japan and Germany, we are positively 'hot' (in growth terms).
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Trade figures raise hopes of better national accounts</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/trade-figures-raise-hopes-of-better-national-accounts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/trade-figures-raise-hopes-of-better-national-accounts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The chances of a slightly better than expected set of growth figures in tomorrow's national accounts have risen with a solid balance of payments for the March quarter. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>A tale of 32 recessions: from the US to Denmark, Ireland to Russia</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/a-tale-of-32-recessions-from-the-us-to-denmark-ireland-to-russia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/a-tale-of-32-recessions-from-the-us-to-denmark-ireland-to-russia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday's National Accounts figures will confirm that Australia, like most developed countries, was led into recession by the excesses of its domestic property market, writes <b>Gavin Putland</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Treasury&#8217;s positive outlook is a false vision</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/keen-swans-postive-outlook-is-a-false-vision/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/keen-swans-postive-outlook-is-a-false-vision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09 analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57988</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A downturn that the Budget papers describe ad nauseam as "the most severe since the Great Depression" is expected to be over faster than the recession. So which is it? asks <strong>Steve Keen</strong>. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Budget tries to sell unattainable growth rates. Why?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/hewson-assuming-unattainable-growth-rates-to-fool-the-electorate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/hewson-assuming-unattainable-growth-rates-to-fool-the-electorate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09 analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=57974</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[About the only certainty that I get from this Budget is that our economic circumstances will not unfold as forecast, writes <strong>John Hewson</strong>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/hewson-assuming-unattainable-growth-rates-to-fool-the-electorate/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>RBA quashes optimism: economy will slide by 1.25%</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/08/rba-quashes-optimism-economy-will-slide-by-125/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/08/rba-quashes-optimism-economy-will-slide-by-125/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 03:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=56632</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning we had the first official forecast of a recession from the authorities, and it came four days before the 2009-10 Federal Budget on Tuesday night.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hanging on for the &#8220;stress test&#8221; reality check</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/24/hanging-on-for-the-stress-test-reality-check/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/24/hanging-on-for-the-stress-test-reality-check/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green shoots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=53150</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The strength of the current stockmarket rebound and the health of all those 'green shoots' analysts will be tested tonight.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/24/hanging-on-for-the-stress-test-reality-check/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sackings multiply as recession bites hard</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/14/sackings-multiply-as-recession-bites-hard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/14/sackings-multiply-as-recession-bites-hard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB Business Survey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OneSteel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=51107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The slight improvement in business confidence in the latest National Australia Bank survey belies Qantas's decision to slash its workforce.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/14/sackings-multiply-as-recession-bites-hard/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>SackWatch: The firings keep coming as job ads fall by 45%</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/06/sackwatch-the-firings-keep-coming-as-job-ads-fall-by-45/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/06/sackwatch-the-firings-keep-coming-as-job-ads-fall-by-45/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bluescope Steel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[car industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ernst & Young]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SackWatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment figures]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=50410</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since Crikey published its sixth SackWatch update last week, the tips box has again been running rampant with fresh tales of shoulder-tapping in businesses across the nation, reports <b>Andrew Crook</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>G20 done, Rudd&#8217;s recession rubber hits the road</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/06/g20-done-rudds-recession-rubber-hits-the-road/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/06/g20-done-rudds-recession-rubber-hits-the-road/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Revolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=50405</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rudd’s inclusiveness is in part a political weapon to isolate the Coalition from the mainstream, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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