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		<title>Some Gloom ... Yet More Glee!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The US Federal Reserve is concerned that consumption is still being underpinned by government funding.

And so, even though stimulus measures may be winding down ... the Fed has decided to maintain interest rates at their historically low level.

It seems that households and businesses are preferring to repay debt, rather than spend to encourage investment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Interest Rates Will Start To Soar!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#039;re like most people you are probably trying to second guess whether or not the RBA will reduce official interest rates by 0.25% or 0.5% over the next month or so.

So, should you fix your rates on your Commercial property now, or wait a while?

Realistically, you need to study what is actually happening around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Year-end Recap, on Where Things Stand!</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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However, business debt and credit cards are considered more risky than home loans.  Therefore, banks will raise their risk premium in these two areas; and not lower those lending rates, as much as [...]]]></description>
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