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A larger-than-expected surge in Government borrowing last month was offset by the transfer of £28billion of Royal Mail pensions into the public sector. The Treasury therefore achieved a £16.5billion public sector net surplus in April - but if the boost ...
May 22, 2012 at 14:41 | Source: This is Money
While the borrowing costs of Italy and Spain have climbed once more in recent weeks, the government bond yields of the US, the UK, Japan and Germany have slumped to, or close to, record lows in recent weeks. Demand for shorter-dated government bonds rated ...
May 23, 2012 at 22:25 | Source: Financial Times
MANILA, Philippines --- The Department of Finance (DOF) wants to keep its present offshore and domestic borrowing plan intact as it anticipates a spike in state spending in the remaining months of the year despite the below-ceiling fiscal deficit.
May 26, 2012 at 07:56 | Source: Manila Bulleting Online
The other view, perhaps expressed most eloquently by Jonathan Portes of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, is that the government's low borrowing costs are a manifestation of the UK's economic stagnation and lousy growth prospects (see here).
May 23, 2012 at 11:27 | Source: BBC News
Ten-year bond yields, which reflect the cost of borrowing by the government, fell to 1.87% on Monday as investors fearful of the enveloping euro crisis reduced their lending to Spain and Italy in favour of the UK, Germany, the US and Japan.
May 14, 2012 at 21:39 | Source: The Guardian
KARACHI: The government’s borrowing has been on the rise as the closing of financial year is approaching, surpassing Rs 1 trillion collectively from the banking system, including the central and scheduled banks primarily on budgetary support. According ...
May 22, 2012 at 20:46 | Source: Daily Times
The yield on benchmark 10-year UK bonds dipped as low as 1.738pc during trading yesterday, before rising to 1.77pc. A lower yield represents a greater demand among investors. UK bonds have benefited from a flight to safety among investors, who have been ...
May 24, 2012 at 20:01 | Source: Daily Telegraph
He wants the Government to "massively amplify" its credit easing programme, using the Government's low lending costs to guarantee borrowing to "massively" increase infrastructure spending. "We’re not austerity fanatics for the hell of it," says Clegg.
May 23, 2012 at 08:06 | Source: Daily Telegraph Blogs
MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Finance (DoF) wants to keep its present foreign and domestic borrowing plan, in anticipation of a spike in state spending for the rest of the year. Finance Undersecretary Rosalia B. de Leon said the government will ...
May 25, 2012 at 09:37 | Source: ABS-CBN
BRITAIN’S reliance on borrowing to pay for public services was revealed again yesterday in public spending figures for April. They revealed that, excluding a one-off boost from the transfer of Royal Mail Pensions into the UK government’s coffers ...
May 23, 2012 at 07:02 | Source: scotsman.com