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  • Families pay off £600m of debt: Hard times bring first recorded fall ... - Daily Mail

    Personal debt has fallen for the first time on record, wiping £ 600million off the amount owed to banks and other finance giants. The change follows decades when personal debt - mortgages, credit cards, overdrafts and loans - soared above ...
    2009-09-01 06:36:00
  • Britons' debt level falls in July - The Guardian

    The amount of debt Britons owe fell for the first time since records began during July, figures show. People repaid £635 million more than they borrowed during the month, reducing outstanding lending to £1.456 trillion. The drop, which was the ...
    2009-09-01 06:50:00
  • Only One Way to Fix the GOP Brand - Canada Free Press

    As a party, we should own all of the issues. Republicans, not Democrats, organized the most comprehensive homeland security overhaul in the aftermath of 9-11 as Democrats sat back and wondered what to do. Some were even thankful that there was a ...
    2009-09-01 11:51:00
  • The recession we hardly had - Adelaide Now

    Figures for the three months to June released today show the economy remained in positive territory growing by a strong 0.6 per cent. This follows the surprise 0.4 per cent growth rate for the March quarter. It was even stronger than expected ...
    2009-09-01 11:58:00
  • Site Presented By - Salon

    In all previous depressions, the Federal government had pursued a laissez faire attitude, keeping hands off and letting market forces bring about recovery quickly; and the recovery always came, no matter how steep the depression at the start. But ...
    2009-09-01 10:53:00
  • Rates on hold ... for now - Melbourne Herald Sun

    Rates on hold ... for nowMelbourne Herald Sun... big banks to do some of the "heavy lifting" for the RBA and raise their fixed or variable mortgage rates before official interest rates are increased. ...and more »
    2009-09-01 06:26:51
  • Obama's soak-the-rich mentality - Boston Globe

    Obama's soak-the-rich mentalityBoston GlobeIN APRIL, the British government decided to recoup revenues lost in the current recession by raising the country's top income tax rate from ...and more »
    2009-09-01 08:58:01
  • 'Property obsession' is the problem, ... - New Zealand Herald

    New Zealand Herald'Property obsession' is the problem, not OCRNew Zealand HeraldNew Zealand is "using the credit card to pay the mortgage" and if it continues we will lose our sovereignty to Australia, politicians were told today. ...and more »
    2009-09-01 10:39:35
  • Blanchard says bailout stopped econom... - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

    Blanchard says bailout stopped economic crisisColumbus Ledger-EnquirerHe said the historically low interest rates set the stage for all the contributing factors. Included in those was Wall Street greed, the subprime mortgage ...and more »
    2009-09-01 11:15:35
  • Seems Everyone is Speculating on the ... - Daily Reckoning - Australian Edition

    Seems Everyone is Speculating on the BanksDaily Reckoning - Australian Edition"This is an environment in which mortgage rates are already about as low as they can get and consumer balance sheets are as stressed as ever. ...and more »
    2009-09-01 11:23:53
  • Only One Way to Fix the GOP Brand - Canada Free Press

    Only One Way to Fix the GOP BrandCanada Free PressCurrent property tax rates are unsustainable and assessed values must come down to reality. A 1.35% property tax cap would be a good start, ...and more »
    2009-09-02 12:04:06