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	<title>Financial Standard Comments - Rate rises more likely after unemployment plunge</title>
	<description>The unemployment rate has fallen to 3.5%, the lowest level since 1974, and near-record inflation hasn't subsided, leading experts to believe that aggressive rate hikes will continue.</description>
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