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	<title>Financial Standard Comments - Chief economist update: Confidence down, conditions up</title>
	<description>The NAB monthly business survey revealed Australian business confidence fell from a reading of +7 in July to a two-year low of +4 in August, taking it below the long-term average reading of +6.</description>
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