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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>
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		<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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		<title>Bartholomeusz: is this the end of &#8216;too big to fail&#8217;?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/22/bartholomeusz-is-this-the-end-of-too-big-to-fail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/22/bartholomeusz-is-this-the-end-of-too-big-to-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bartholomeusz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian prudential regulation authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ralph Norris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[too big to fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us banks]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266636</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Around the world, bank executives are squealing at the proposed toughening of their capital and liquidity requirements and, around the world, regulators are ignoring them and pressing ahead.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why the US Fed is still the kingpin of banks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/01/why-the-us-fed-is-still-the-kingpin-of-banks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/01/why-the-us-fed-is-still-the-kingpin-of-banks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bundesbank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[central banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european central bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262625</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Shades of 2008, and why the US Federal Reserve is still the banker to the world: much to the chagrin and humiliation of Europe.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>US banking fantasyland, where a debt is an asset</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/18/us-banking-fantasyland-where-a-debt-is-an-asset/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/18/us-banking-fantasyland-where-a-debt-is-an-asset/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 02:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JPMorgan Chase]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupy Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=253334</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No wonder US banks are on the nose and the Occupy Wall Street groups are slowly making headway in winning over public opinion.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Global markets face a testing week</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/02/global-markets-face-a-testing-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/02/global-markets-face-a-testing-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glenn stev]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us jobs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=244821</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Next week has several trip points that could affect global markets, with one, next Wednesday night in Germany, capable of sending the global economy and markets into a swoon.]]></description>
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		<title>Bartholomeusz: bouncing off a commodities pothole</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/16/bartholomeusz-bouncing-off-a-commodities-pothole/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/16/bartholomeusz-bouncing-off-a-commodities-pothole/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 02:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bartholomeusz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commodity prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glencore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=241353</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[During last week’s roller-coaster ride on markets, most of the focus was on the wild swings in the value of equities, bonds and currencies. Almost overlooked was the fact that commodities also had a shocker of a week.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: S&amp;P&#8217;s false ratings alarm</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/08/kohler-sps-false-ratings-alarm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/08/kohler-sps-false-ratings-alarm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 03:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=239764</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The world’s sharemarkets have been jumping at shadows lately, so the impact of an actual scary boogey man -- in the shape of the first downgrade of US Treasury debt in history -- is completely unpredictable. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Maley: hovering over a US debt trap</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/29/maley-hovering-over-a-us-debt-trap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/29/maley-hovering-over-a-us-debt-trap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 02:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barak obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US debt ceiling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us econ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=238411</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With still no sign that Washington has been able to craft a compromise solution for raising the debt ceiling, global markets are becoming increasingly worried, writes <b>Karen Maley</b>, of Business Spectator.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bartholomeusz: nervous times of known unknowns</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/21/bartholomeusz-nervous-times-of-known-unknowns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/21/bartholomeusz-nervous-times-of-known-unknowns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bartholomeusz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=230455</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Greek debt crisis is coming to a head at an awkward moment for the global financial system, coinciding, as it does, with the imminent end of the US Federal Reserve Board’s QE2 program of quantitative easing.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bartholomeusz: sucked into a commodities vacuum</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/10/bartholomeusz-sucked-into-a-commodities-vacuum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/10/bartholomeusz-sucked-into-a-commodities-vacuum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 03:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bartholomeusz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glencore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ivan Glasenberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=228632</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The wobbles in commodity markets in recent weeks may well be related to the imminent end of the US Federal Reserve’s $US600 billion QE2 quantitative easing program.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>After-effects of GFC disaster continue to emerge</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/09/after-effects-of-gfc-disaster-continue-to-emerge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/09/after-effects-of-gfc-disaster-continue-to-emerge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia car sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first home owners grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=228308</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Governments have a habit of meddling with things. This is largely due to the political imperative of being seen to be doing something to fix economic problems.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>US economy: Grant a mentor-in-waiting for Bernanke</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/23/us-economy-grant-a-mentor-in-waiting-for-bernanke/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/23/us-economy-grant-a-mentor-in-waiting-for-bernanke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 03:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jim grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=224646</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jim Grant, author of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, is one of the world’s best economic forecasters. When it speaks about global markets, and tells Ben Bernanke to resign, it might be worth a listen.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Maley: are we heading for a post-QE2 collapse?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/19/maley-are-we-heading-for-a-post-qe2-collapse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/19/maley-are-we-heading-for-a-post-qe2-collapse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 03:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[share prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us government bonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[world commodity prices]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=224110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are we about to see a collapse in global share and commodity prices as QE2 draws to a close? asks <b>Karen Maley</b>, of Business Spectator.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Maley: QE3 or bust, warns US funds manager</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/12/maley-qe3-or-bust-warns-us-funds-manager/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/12/maley-qe3-or-bust-warns-us-funds-manager/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 03:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=222804</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Fed’s policy, says US funds manager Jeremy Grantham, holds an implicit promise to speculators that they’ll be bailed out in the third and fourth year of the presidential cycle, writes <b>Karen Maley</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Maley: Bernanke&#8217;s big bond bet for US markets</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/27/maley-bernankes-big-bond-bet-for-us-markets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/27/maley-bernankes-big-bond-bet-for-us-markets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=219521</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The US sharemarket surged to its highest level since mid-2008 overnight, clearly showing that investors had no fear of what US central bank boss Ben Bernanke might say at his historic press conference later today. <b>Karen Maley</b> of <a href="http://www.businessspectator.com.au" target="_blank"><em>Business Spectator</em></a> reports.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bernanke printing money &#8230; now there&#8217;s food for thought</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/01/bernanke-printing-money-now-theres-food-for-thought/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/01/bernanke-printing-money-now-theres-food-for-thought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=206911</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps Ben Bernanke isn’t as stupid as he seems and realises that his monetary stance is causing destruction but believes that protecting banks and maintaining an image of US solvency is more important than affordable food.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Maley: a frightening replay of 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/18/maley-a-frightening-replay-of-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/18/maley-a-frightening-replay-of-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil prices rise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=204629</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Surging global equity prices, junk bond yields at record lows, the return of "covenant-lite" deals -- for many observers we’re seeing a replay of the heady first months of 2007, writes <b>Karen Maley</b>, of Business Spectator.]]></description>
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		<title>Commodity price blame: it’s not our fault, says Bernanke</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/07/commodity-price-blame-it%e2%80%99s-not-our-fault-says-bernanke/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/07/commodity-price-blame-it%e2%80%99s-not-our-fault-says-bernanke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 04:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=201530</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As food and energy prices continue to soar, the damaging game of blame and counter-blame between the US and the developing world continues, with neither side prepared to admit that their policies are contributing to the commodity price surge, writes <i>Business Spectator</i>'s <b>Karen Maley</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Maley: inflation builds, but US too fragile for rates rise</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/03/maley-inflation-builds-but-us-too-fragile-for-rates-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/03/maley-inflation-builds-but-us-too-fragile-for-rates-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 02:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=200903</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Inflationary pressures are now clearly building in the United States and Europe, but central bankers will be extremely reluctant to raise interest rates for fear of jeopardising their fragile economic recoveries, writes <b>Karen Maley</b>, of <em>Business Spectator</em>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/03/maley-inflation-builds-but-us-too-fragile-for-rates-rise/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Westpac stays &#8216;mum&#8217; on emergency $1b loan from US Fed</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/20/westpac-stays-mum-on-emergency-1b-loan-from-us-fed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/20/westpac-stays-mum-on-emergency-1b-loan-from-us-fed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 02:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gail Kelly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[morgan stanley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Evans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Westpac]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=193916</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes important corporate news is ignored. Shareholders miss it, companies hide it and governments fail to publicise it. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>US Fed tells &#8216;how we saved the world&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/02/us-fed-tells-how-we-saved-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/02/us-fed-tells-how-we-saved-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 02:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=190198</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Overnight, the US Federal Reserve released a slew of documents detailing the amazing level of support it gave the world economy.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/02/us-fed-tells-how-we-saved-the-world/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Maley: China&#8217;s risky rates gamble</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/02/maley-chinas-risky-rates-gamble/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/02/maley-chinas-risky-rates-gamble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 02:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[china economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=190192</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is now clear evidence that their reluctance to tighten monetary policy means that Chinese companies and consumers are changing their behaviour in the expectation of price rises, writes <b>Karen Maley</b> of Business Spectator.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/02/maley-chinas-risky-rates-gamble/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Singapore dollar move echoes dilemma facing RBA</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/15/singapore-dollar-move-echoes-dilemma-facing-rba/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/15/singapore-dollar-move-echoes-dilemma-facing-rba/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 02:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian dollar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[singapore economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=178612</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The central banks of Australia and Singapore are concerned about inflation already have acted to try and slow those pressures and their economies, but have done so using very different monetary policy tools]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/15/singapore-dollar-move-echoes-dilemma-facing-rba/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Warning to the White House: address budget deficit or face disaster</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/markets/federal-reserves-ben-bernanke-issues-stern-warning-on-deficit-to-us-congress/story-e6frg926-1225934229368</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/markets/federal-reserves-ben-bernanke-issues-stern-warning-on-deficit-to-us-congress/story-e6frg926-1225934229368#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 01:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=176366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has added to an ever-growing list of doomsday predictions about the future of the US economy, arguing that the White House must urgently address budget deficit and in particular public finances, reports <b>Luca Di Leo</b>. 
]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Maley: the gold-plated curse of the greenback</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/29/maley-the-gold-plated-curse-of-the-greenback/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/29/maley-the-gold-plated-curse-of-the-greenback/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal and monetary policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=175123</guid>
		<description><![CDATA['Dump the dollar, buy whatever' now appears the dominant mantra in financial market. Investors believe the Greenback is now caught in a downward spiral because the US Federal Reserve will keep applying fresh rounds of monetary stimulus, writes <b>Karen Maley</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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