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		<title>Bank of Canada Raises Interest Rates Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good news for the Canadian economy! The bank of Canada increased the overnight rate once again. It went from 0.75% to 1.00%. Many speculators wondered if the Bank of Canada would dare to raise the rate again with such weak &#8230; <a href="http://couchconomist.wordpress.com/2010/09/10/bank-of-canada-raises-interest-rates-again/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=couchconomist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10810749&amp;post=142&amp;subd=couchconomist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Have a Bank Account You Forgot About?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If more than 10 years have passed, the money in abandoned bank accounts is transferred over to the Bank of Canada for safe keeping. You can use their handy search tool to figure out if you have any abandoned bank &#8230; <a href="http://couchconomist.wordpress.com/2010/02/21/have-a-bank-account-you-forgot-about/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=couchconomist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10810749&amp;post=140&amp;subd=couchconomist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Put Your Money Through the Wash Again?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that the Bank of Canada offers a &#8220;mutilated-note redemption&#8221; service free of charge? I didn&#8217;t! So the next time you rip, tear, burn, or melt your money by accident send it to the Bank of Canada for &#8230; <a href="http://couchconomist.wordpress.com/2010/02/21/put-your-money-through-the-wash-again/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=couchconomist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10810749&amp;post=137&amp;subd=couchconomist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Did You Know&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[that banks are essentially human? Well according to Canadian law anyhow. This is from the Bank Act, PART II, Section 15 (1) A bank has the capacity of a natural person and, subject to this Act, the rights, powers and &#8230; <a href="http://couchconomist.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/did-you-know/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=couchconomist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10810749&amp;post=131&amp;subd=couchconomist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bank of Canada&#8217;s &#8220;Asset&#8221; Restucturing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found an interesting article by the national post. When reading this article keep in mind that in banking language &#8220;assets&#8221; are things that make the bank money, this means loans; whereas &#8220;liabilities&#8221; means money in the bank. This is &#8230; <a href="http://couchconomist.wordpress.com/2010/01/24/bank-of-canadas-asset-restucturing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=couchconomist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10810749&amp;post=124&amp;subd=couchconomist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone had a happy holiday season (if indeed your holidays are around this time like ours here in Canada are). I have had a post in the rafters for a few weeks now just &#8230; <a href="http://couchconomist.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/happy-new-year/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=couchconomist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10810749&amp;post=116&amp;subd=couchconomist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How the Banks Trick You</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was browsing around the ScotiaBank website since I was considering opening a new account with them. Now that I know that inflation reduces the value of my money each year, the ScotiaBank&#8217;s &#8220;competitive interest rates&#8221; on their Money Master &#8230; <a href="http://couchconomist.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/how-the-banks-trick-you/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=couchconomist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10810749&amp;post=104&amp;subd=couchconomist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Canadians Can Buy Gold Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Money is becoming more worthless every day, so you want to get into something that&#8217;s a hard asset.&#8221; (Toronto Star) It&#8217;s true, with the USD in free fall and inflation running rampant the value of the money in your bank &#8230; <a href="http://couchconomist.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/big-story-no-bang/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=couchconomist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10810749&amp;post=67&amp;subd=couchconomist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Documentary: The Dollar Bubble</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I have not had the chance to verify all the information in this video, there were a few key pieces of information that were immediately and easily verifiable: 1) The Federal Reserve is giving money to banks at a &#8230; <a href="http://couchconomist.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/documentary-the-dollar-bubble/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=couchconomist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10810749&amp;post=60&amp;subd=couchconomist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Salaryman as an Unwitting Slave</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Japanese Salaryman: Slavery Through Ignorance Slavery Through Ignorance: Part VI I can hear that question you have been asking since reading the last sentence of part one growing from subtle nagging into a discontented rumble and I wish to &#8230; <a href="http://couchconomist.wordpress.com/2009/12/13/slavery-through-ignorance-part-vi/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=couchconomist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10810749&amp;post=52&amp;subd=couchconomist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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