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Same time last year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... unemployment rate is still going to be high for a while, and that means that a lot of people are going to be under financial stress....We have right now a very accommodative, very easy monetary policy. We can't wait until unemployment is where we'd like ...

Blue-collar workers shun advice: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... high-interest credit cards or loan providers. As a result, people in low income brackets can experience exacerbated financial stress by being unable to service these high interest loans/credit." The study recommended that financial stress actually be ...

Banks to raise capital reserves

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... introduction of new capital buffers will ensure that banks are better able to withstand periods of economic and financial stress, therefore supporting economic growth."

Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... unemployment rate is still going to be high for a while, and that means that a lot of people are going to be under financial stress." Also out, the US trade deficit widened to US$40.285 billion in April as a 0.7 per cent fall in exports more than offset ...

The future according to Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... unemployment rate is still going to be high for a while, and that means that a lot of people are going to be under financial stress." This is the same indicator that just a few days ago sent Wall Street -- and most other equity markets -- reeling because ...

Trillion dollar kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... nations, a,-60 billion from EU emergency funds, and a,-250B from the IMF -- shall be made available to members in financial stress. And if these were not enough, the European Central Bank (ECB) will start buying bonds of distressed Eurozone countries. ...

Stop illegal early release of super: ASIC

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... with their annual periodic statements or with other member communications. The brochure addresses the issue of financial stress and provides information about how people can legitimately access their super in limited circumstances, for example on hardship ...

Govt extends tax exemptions for terminally ill

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... tax-free. Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law, said the changes would relieve some of the financial stress that terminally ill people could be experiencing. Kate Anderson, head of technical services at Mariner Financial, said the ...

Go for gold, van Eyk says

... by van Eyk Research, a strategic asset allocation to the gold sector is attractive because during periods of financial stress - either inflation or deflation - the performance of gold has a particularly low correlation to traditional asset classes like ...

S&P says Leighton profit downgrade within ratings guide

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2004
... operational risk inherent in undertaking contract mining and counterparty exposures to mining companies that encounter financial stress when their operations are disrupted.