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The United States has allowed China to purchase government debt directly from the Treasury Department, bypassing primary dealers in Wall Street. According to Reuters, the agreement is the Treasury's first-ever direct relationship with a foreign ...
May 23, 2012 at 14:26 | Source: Int'l Business Times
When it comes to doing big things, quantity counts. The Trans-Canada Highway and the railway from coast to coast, just like the Great Wall of China, probably was done by thousands of individuals getting together. The results of these great ...
May 24, 2012 at 12:37 | Source: Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal
Government spending and debt are emerging as a campaign tug-of-war, with Republican Mitt Romney blaming President Barack Obama for a "prairie fire of debt" and Obama calling the charge a "cowpie of distortion." Both candidates are reaching for independent ...
May 26, 2012 at 17:00 | Source: AP - msnbc.com
Both were given a negative outlook. Fitch warned further downgrades were possible unless the government takes new fiscal policy measures to stabilise public finances and its ratio of debt to gross domestic product. "The downgrades and negative ...
May 22, 2012 at 13:01 | Source: Huffington Post
Refinancing the debts of the United Arab Emirates' government-related entities (GREs) remains a challenge made more difficult as European banks trim their activities in the region, the International Monetary Fund said on Sunday. State-owned ...
May 20, 2012 at 12:42 | Source: ArabianBusiness.com
WASHINGTON — Government spending and debt are emerging as a campaign tug-of-war. Republican Mitt Romney blames President Barack Obama for a “prairie fire of debt.” Obama calls the charge a “cowpie of distortion.” Both candidates are reaching for ...
May 26, 2012 at 16:38 | Source: Washington Post
ROME -(Dow Jones)- The head of Italy's largest party called Wednesday for a collective approach to government debt in Europe, urging leaders to decide on a pro-growth agenda by the end of June, MF-Dow Jones reported from Brussels. Pierluigi ...
May 23, 2012 at 14:47 | Source: NASDAQ
The government insists that Bankia's woes do not reflect the wider financial system in Spain. Spain will have to go to the markets to raise debt to put into Bankia at a time when its borrowing costs are high. Spanish banks, flush with cheap liquidity from ...
May 25, 2012 at 17:37 | Source: msnbc.com
But the next item on their promotional conveyer belt looks like a tougher prospect: persuading investors to snap up government debt. The Japanese finance ministry will enlist members of the group to promote “reconstruction bonds” aimed at ...
May 25, 2012 at 06:52 | Source: Wall Street Journal