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Government measures aim to restrict credit card companies

Financial Facts views the the key objectives of government’s proposed measures to be aimed at preventing credit card companies from continuing an “unfair” relationship with consumers.

Government wants to stop credit card providers from raising interest rates on existing debts and to ban the raise of a customer’s credit limit without consent.

Customer’s most expensive debts will be prioritised for repayment, while a rise in the size of repayments aims to speed up debt repayment. Read the rest of this entry »

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G-20 leaders press for global financial reforms

Leaders of the G-20 have been unusually busy this year. The financial meltdown has everything to do with it. First was in Washington in November 2008 – crisis meeting, then London in April 2009 – reviewing actions and recently in Pittsburgh in September – planning towards avoiding a future crisis. Read the rest of this entry »

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Is the recession over? Should Bank Bailouts discontinue?

The Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke last week declared rather cautiously that the recession is over! If so, should federal bank bailouts continue? Read the rest of this entry »

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Managing loans and debts during inflation and deflation.

How do consumers manage their debts going forward? This is a very tricky balancing act to get right. The reason it is tricky is because we face very complex cross currents. Read the rest of this entry »

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