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	<title>Credit Writedowns &#187; Australia</title>
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		<title>Tuesday&#8217;s Surprises from Australia and Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BBH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The dollar is mixed against the majors and EMs but largely remains confined to recent ranges. The EuroStoxx 600 slid for a second straight day, currently down 0.5%; MSCI Asia index holds recent highs. Demand in Greek bill sale eased slightly and refinancing costs moved higher; Portugal’s 10-year up 22bp</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Economics in the Age of Deleveraging</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Clearly, economic policy is now far more complex than it appeared to be before the GFC. As we enter this Age of Deleveraging, the worst thing we can do is apply policies that appeared to work during the preceding Age of Leverage—but were in fact predicated on ever-rising private sector indebtedness. Politicians should be sceptical of conventional economic advice at this time; it would be much wiser to study the history of the 1930s instead</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>On Canadian and Australian bank risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Banking sectors in both countries are highly concentrated. The top four banks in Australia account for about three quarters of the banking assets. The top six Canadian banks account for upwards of 90% of the Canadian banking assets. According to Fitch, the concentration and high profits of the banking sector is favorable to each as it provides a cushion against losses and need to pursue higher risk activity/lending. 

Both Canada and Australia are experiencing over-valued housing markets. The IMF estimates Canadian house prices are about 10% risk while Australia is 10-15% over-valued</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Seven Observations about Commitment of Traders in FX</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The Commodity Futures Trading Commission requires futures traders to identify whether they have an underlying business interest (commercials) or if they don't (non-commercials).  Here are seven take-aways from the most recent report that covered the week through January 17th</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Chart of the Day: Developed economies&#8217; debt levels by sector</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>This is a great chart below via the Wall Street Journal. It shows the total debt to GDP ratios for the largest developed economies in the world broken down into four sectors: households, non-financial corporations, financial institutions and government</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Edward Harrison&#8217;s Ten Surprises for 2012 (short version)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday morning, I did the first weekly newsletter on my ten surprises for 2012. Here's a brief version of the list</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Edward Harrison&#8217;s Ten Surprises for 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to Credit Writedowns Pro. This is the first post in a series here. Let me start this Byron Wien-style and make a predictions list. Wien defines his surprises as events to which investors assign 1-in-3 odds of happening but which he believes have a more than 50 percent likelihood of occurring in 2012. That's how I am playing it too</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>On the ECB&#8217;s Long-Term Refinancing Operation and 2012 macro ideas for investors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The end of year is usually a good time for markets. There was a lot of angst about the European situation a few weeks ago, but there is less of that now because we're hitting year-end (tape painting). Does that mean the credit crisis situation is stable? No, but it has stabilised somewhat. 2012 will be a different story though. I talked about the European sovereign debt crisis and my themes for 2012 with Howard Green of BNN and Ryan Avent of the Economist yesterday. The link to the video is below but let me say a bit more, particularly about today's LTRO by the ECB. I'll try to be brief</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Thoughts on Europe and the global synchronised slowdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>We are in a second synchronised global growth slowdown. Moreover, the policy response must be more muted this go round as the public sector is more indebted and has less policy space than in 2008 or 2009. Expect policy inaction followed by fits of volatility due to inaction. This points to a risk off a lot more than a risk on environment</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Full Text: Moody&#8217;s revises rating outlook for Australian mortgage insurers to negative</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Below is the press release issued by Moody's in conjunction with the down grade of Australia's mortgage insurers</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Pending EU Summit May Curb Response to ECB</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BBH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The dollar is trading slightly firmer ahead of today’s ECB rate decision and tomorrow’s summit. We expect the ECB to cut by 25bps, with a possibility of a 50bps cut; look to fade knee-jerk reaction. Australia’s employment much weaker than expected; Singapore imposes news taxes on homes</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>News Links: Draghi &#8211; If fiscal policy becomes hawkish, monetary policy will be dovish</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<title>Jim Chanos on China, Hong Kong and Australia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Famous shortseller Jim Chanos was in Hong Kong and Australia and reported back on what he saw to Bloomberg Television. Copy provided below including a link to the video</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Chinese coal now costs over $150 per ton again &#8211; huge gap to Australian prices</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The Ministry of Finance is pumping money like mad into the weakened Chinese financial sector, over 1 trillion yuan, in order to shore it up from the souring of loans from all of the malinvestment over the past few years. If the Chinese succeeded in engineering a soft landing, Andy Lees believes the record premium for Chinese coal would disappear as Australian coal prices started to play catch-up</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Australia: There goes the neighbourhood</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The last two days have seen the latest monthly data on credit growth in Australia from the RBA, and the latest quarterly data on house prices from the ABS. Together they confirm trends that I’ve identified on numerous occasions between the acceleration of mortgage debt and the change in house prices</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Sketch of Week&#8217;s 6 Key Events and A Few Things to Monitor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Risk appetites returned in a big way in October, as equities, emerging markets, commodities and currencies all generally advanced and smartly so, recouping much of the ground lost in September. The events in the week ahead will likely set the tone for the month of November. They include three central bank meetings (RBA, Fed and ECB), two data points (UK Q3 GDP and US employment report) and the G20 summit</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>The World&#8217;s Supply and Demand for Coal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 02:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Casey Research</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Coal prices are surging ahead even as most other commodities pull back, spurred on by expectations that metallurgical and thermal coal production will again fail to meet rising global demand this year. The result? Record profits for major coal producers like Xstrata, a surge in acquisitions from coal-hungry India, Chinese electricity shortages, and a raging carbon tax debate in Australia amid record investments in that country's coal-heavy mining sector</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Bill Gross: &#8216;Low policy rates represent an immediate threat to investment portfolios&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 14:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Bill Gross: Low policy rates and the increasing negative real yields that they engender as inflation accelerates represent an immediate threat to investment portfolios. Bond prices don’t necessarily have to go down for savers to get skunked during a process of "debt liquidation." PIMCO advocates a renewed vigilance, stressing bond market "safe spread" alternatives available globally, including developing/emerging market debt at higher yields denominated in non-dollar currencies. </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Coal News: Australia&#8217;s Carbon Tax Battle and How Natural Disasters Are Pushing Prices Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Casey Research</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Australia's powerful coal industry is rocking the country's political boat again. It was only 10 months ago that former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd lost his job over an emissions trading scheme that the mining industry opposed vehemently. Now his successor, Prime Minister Julia Gillard, is attempting to revisit the issue, and so far it is not going well</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Houses most overvalued in Australia and Hong Kong, most undervalued in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>A few weeks ago, the Economist put out its quarterly gauge of house price values. Australia just beat out Hong Kong as the most overpriced market in the developed world, with an overvaluation of 56%. Japan was by far the most undervalued market, with an undervaluation of 35%. The only other housing markets that were </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>On The Irish Mess, The Australian Property Bet, and Other Links</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I will be on RT TV America at 4PM ET talking about the economy for readers in North America. Tune in! The usual Fare Analyst in $100m property bet with Wall St guru &#124; News &#124; Business Spectator Keith Olbermann SUSPENDED From MSNBC Indefinitely Without Pay Why the Price of Gold Soared After the QE2 </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Eye of a Very Long Storm</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 01:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annaly Salvos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>If you’re reading this Salvo on the day it is posted, then you are likely holding your breath on a number of fronts: the outcome of the election tonight, the FOMC announcement tomorrow afternoon and the policy meetings of the Bank of England, European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan and the new jobs </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Chart of the Day: Homes in Australia and Hong Kong overvalued, in Japan and Germany undervalued</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 04:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>This time last year, The Economist’s survey of global house prices was a sea of negative numbers. That was then. Of the 20 markets tracked in our latest survey, only four still posted year-on-year declines and only Ireland’s property catastrophe has worsened. Source: The Economist Related Posts No related posts. More About: Australia, finance charts, </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>RBA &amp; BOJ Rate Decisions Surprise Markets</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Highlights The US dollar rise yesterday looks like a one-day wonder, with the euro returning to the $1.38 area, sterling moving through yesterday’s highs and the Swiss franc at new record highs vs the greenback.&#160; The Australian dollar is under-performing following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision not to hike rates as had been widely </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Chart of the Day: Rolling Bear Market in Various Currencies Since 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>In yesterday&#8217;s daily note, David Rosenberg showed us this chart of the wild swings in the foreign exchange markets since the beginning of 2007. His interpretation of the chart is that it demonstrates a &#34;series of rolling currency depreciations&#34; in a beggar thy neighbour world of weak aggregate demand. The competitive currency devaluation theme recently </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Taiwanese Animation: Primer on Australian Election</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<title>Australia: Rudd Under Pressure On Resource Taxes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<title>Canadian and Australian Dollars as Reserve Assets</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Last year Russia previously indicated it was thinking about adding Australian and Canadian dollars to its reserves.&#160; More recently it said it was preparing to do just that.&#160; At the end of last week, the ECB&#8217;s Noyer opined that these two currencies were going to have an increased role as reserve assets.&#160; There is even </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>On The West Losing Turkey, An Australian Housing Bubble And Other Links</title>
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		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<title>Forexblog &#8211; Q&amp;A on Macroeonomics, FX and all the Rest of It</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claus Vistesen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I was recently contacted by Adam Kritzer who is a lead editor on Forexblog which is arguably the best one stop resource for people interested in FX (trading) and the importance of foreign exchange in general. He asked me whether I would answer some questions about macroeconomics and FX markets. You can see his questions </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Euro Reprieve To Be Brief</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Highlights The US dollar is modestly lower against the major and emerging market currencies.&#160; The key driver is really the absence of bad news and some position adjusting in the wake of stronger commodity and equity prices.&#160;&#160; The dollar-bloc currencies are leading the way higher, while the yen is being undermined by the likelihood that </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>RBA Sits Tight But Bank of Canada Moves 0.25% As Expected</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marc Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<title>Euro: Is Move From May 10th Over? If So, then What?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 17:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>On May 7th, the market covered some short euro exposure in anticipation of some sort of response by European officials.&#160; As we know they came up with a large package of guarantees (not just for Greece) and loans, and the ECB provided now liquidity facilities and agreed to buy sovereign bonds in the secondary market.&#160; </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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