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  • Wednesday, January 9

    News.com.au - THE wife of Thailand's ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned to defend ... the US dollar's value will diminish further if the US substantially cuts interest ... WAYNE Swan yesterday condemned ANZ's home loan rate hike as excessive, as the ...
    2008-01-10 07:18:00
  • A salad dodger with man flu: Aussie dictionary

    Daily Telegraph - ... card holder who moves from provider to provider, transferring a loan from one account to another at a similar low rate of interest ... Wellington, seen as controlled by the government of Prime Minister Helen Clark. [Helen Clark + -grad common Russian ...
    2008-01-10 09:55:00
  • Italy's Prodi sees reforms to taxes on investment income, gains UPDATE

    Forbes - MILAN (Thomson Financial) - Italy's prime minister Romano Prodi said he sees scope to ... However, for new government bond issues, the rate could rise to 20 pct, the same that would be applied to bank interest income, they said.
    2008-01-10 08:22:00
  • Prodi Mimics Berlusconi, Turning to Income Tax Cuts (Update2)

    Bloomberg - Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi is seeking to prop up ... recouped from catching tax dodgers and by taxing capital gains at a uniform rate ... must also pay 69 billion euros a year, more than Poland's entire budget, in interest ...
    2008-01-10 08:29:00
  • ECB, Bank of England Holds Rates Steady

    Newsday - ... economists interpreted as the bank retaining its holding stance while leaving the door open for a potential interest rate rise ... The bank's nine-strong monetary policy committee may also have wanted to assert its independence after Prime Minister ...
    2008-01-10 10:17:00
  • Read Ben Bernanke's prepared remarks

    CNN Money - Notably, the secondary market for private-label securities backed by prime jumbo mortgages has also contracted, and ... Monetary policy (that is, the management of the short-term interest rate) is the Fed's best tool for pursuing our macroeconomic ...
    2008-01-10 10:17:00
  • Kill the competition: Tony Blair 'to join JPMorgan' ... Rate cut hopes ...

    Times Online - China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao responded to anxiety about inflation by announcing a freeze on energy prices in the near ... BoE interest rate decision (1200 GMT) Sign up for The Times To receive Kill the Competition click here To sign up for Top stories ...
    2008-01-10 07:53:00
  • Europe, BoE keep interest rates steady

    News.com.au - ... measured the twin threats posed by the price spikes and a banking crisis that followed the collapse of the US sub-prime ... In Britain meanwhile, the BoE held its main interest rate at 5.50 per cent after cutting it in December for the first time in ...
    2008-01-10 09:34:00
  • Czech Koruna Rises to Record; Inflation Spurs Rate Speculation

    Bloomberg - ... in a research note. ``Higher-than-expected inflation is likely to boost the koruna owing to expectations of further interest-rate ... Turkey's lira rose 0.4 percent to 1.1568 against the dollar, trading at a 6 1/2-year high, as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ...
    2008-01-10 08:15:00
  • Trichet says ECB discussed rate hike again today UPDATE

    Forbes - ... Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet said the ECB governing council once again discussed the possibility of an interest rate hike ... for financial institutions may shed more light on the scale of problems in credit markets resulting from the US sub-prime ...
    2008-01-10 08:22:00
  • Bank of England Keeps Benchmark Interest Rate at 5.5% (Update4)

    Bloomberg - Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The Bank of England kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged today as policy makers assessed the effects ... Prime Minister Gordon Brown, lagging behind opposition leader David Cameron in opinion polls, is trying to reassure ...
    2008-01-10 09:34:00
  • Trichet says ECB discussed rate hike again today UPDATE - Forbes

    Trichet says ECB discussed rate hike again today UPDATEForbes, NY - 2 hours ago... Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet said the ECB governing council once again discussed the possibility of an interest rate hike at its meeting today. ...
    2008-01-10 08:36:56
  • Record wheat prices in Pakistan fuel inflation and smuggling - GulfNews

    Record wheat prices in Pakistan fuel inflation and smugglingGulfNews, United Arab Emirates - 1 hour agoPakistan's central bank unexpectedly lifted its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point to 10 per cent on July 31, citing the "worrisome" ...
    2008-01-10 09:07:18
  • US Stocks Drop, Led by Energy, Computer Shares; Intel Falls - Bloomberg

    US Stocks Drop, Led by Energy, Computer Shares; Intel FallsBloomberg - 1 hour agoInvestors may get clues on possible interest-rate policy when Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke speaks about the US economy and monetary policy at 1 ...
    2008-01-10 09:23:18
  • Europe, BoE keep interest rates unchanged - NEWS.com.au

    Europe, BoE keep interest rates unchangedNEWS.com.au, Australia - 1 hour agoIn Britain meanwhile, the BoE held its main interest rate at 5.50 per cent after cutting it in December for the first time in more than two years owing to a ...
    2008-01-10 09:24:57