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She'll be right mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... German equities surged by more than 4 per cent while the FTSE-100 gained 3.4 per cent over the week. This despite Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister) Alistair Darling admitting that his country's recession is "worse than we thought" and that ...

Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... all-time low of 1 per cent - revealed that the MPC gave the BoE Governor the green light to seek authority from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to expand the money supply via quantitative easing. European leaders met in Berlin over the weekend to discuss ...

Worst of the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... it was created in 1694. The BoE's action also confirms the deep anxiety gripping not only the BoE, but also the Chancellor of the Exchequer. BoE Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member David Blanchflower have voiced out these concerns. While acknowledging ...

Economic round up: savings follow interest rates

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
... Higher UK rates will no doubt, add to pressure on consumers shouldering a record debt of just over A$3 trillion. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling told the Financial Times that he is concerned that Britons who took out two-year fixed rate ...

MTAA Super appoints new chairman

... servant, Dr. Allan Hawke, as independent director and chairman of the fund's Trustee Board. Dr. Hawke is the current Chancellor of the Australian Naitonal University and holds other appointments such as with the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public ...

UK Chancellor backs Bank of England ahead of interest rate decision

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown said on Wednesday that he supported the Bank of England in the difficult choices it had to make in its upcoming interest rate decisions. "(Prime Minister) Tony Blair and I will put stability first, now and ...
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