Economic growth is being held back by the numbers of people repaying debt rather than spending money, according to Bank of England Governor Mervyn King.Mr. King said that although there are signs that the UK economy is growing once again, companies and individuals are focusing on repaying debt rather than spending money on goods or services, restricting the amount of money flowing through the economy. The news comes shortly after the announcement that annual inflation (CPI) had fallen from 1.8% in July to 1.6% in August.A debt expert for Think Money said: “From a borrower`s perspective, it`s encouraging to see…
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Personal debt levels `holding back economic recovery`
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Debt in Australia: household finances improving
According to research by the Melbourne Institute, Australian households` finances are much better now than they were three months ago, news.com.au reports.The Institute found that 47% of Australian households found they were able to save part of their income (a slight increase on three months earlier), and there were fewer households running into debt and/or using up their savings.The research also found that households from New South Wales were more likely to get into debt, and that households in Victoria were more likely to `make ends meet`.The improvement of household finances in Australia could influence what the future may hold…
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What Makes Hard Drive Data Recovery So Difficult?
Computer crashes are quite common these days and most of us have had to experience the stress of losing important files and attempted hard drive data recovery. Of the many problems a computer can be stuck with, hard drive failure is perhaps the most destructive and once it happens, the process of retrieving data is not an easy one. Plus, the cost can run to the thousands. And no, it’s not because those who specialize in recovering data from a hard drive merely want to make things more difficult to the computer owner; it’s because the job of hard drive…
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Bank credit to private sector seen declining 3% in 2009 – Mexico
Credit granted by commercial banks to the private sector in Mexico is expected to decline by 3% in real terms this year due to the effects of the economic recession on the demand and supply of credit, according to Eduardo González, analyst at financial groupBanamex. The credit contraction has deepened in recent months, with direct performing loans to the private sector decreasing by 4.2% in the year through July, following a 3.7% drop for the 12 months through June, according to the latest data from the central bank. “We are close to seeing the worse in terms of annual credit…
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Oil drops 1.2 pct towards $68 as dollar bounces
TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil fell more than a dollar toward $68 a barrel on Monday as a rebound in the beaten-down U.S. dollar and nagging concerns that prices may have run ahead of market fundamentals extended last week’s late sell-off. The U.S. currency rallied sharply against a basket of currencies as investors covered short positions following last week’s slide of 2 percent to its lowest in a year, fuelled by funds flowing into riskier assets such as stocks and commodities and a drop in U.S. Treasury yields. The dollar’s reversal on Monday sent U.S. crude for October delivery tumbling…
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Global poll sees support for spending stimulus
LONDON (Reuters) – Most people around the world support significantly increasing government spending to counter the economic crisis, according to a 20-nation opinion poll released on Monday. The findings will bring solace to leaders such as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown who have backed multi-billion-dollar stimulus programmes to try to lift their economies out of recession. G20 finance leaders agreed this month they would not remove emergency stimulus until the recovery was well entrenched. The survey of more than 22,000 people in 20 countries for the BBC World Service found that, on average, 60 percent favoured “significantly increasing government…
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Hong Kong banks: Risk management, compliance top strategic imperatives
Risk management, compliance, and cost management are top strategic imperatives for Hong Kong banks in the next 12 months, said IDC that had a closed-door session with 12 technology leaders from key banks headquartered out of Hong Kong recently for a discussion on critical business, operational, and technology related issues impacting their businesses. These imperatives are rated higher than others such as expansion into other markets, operational efficiencies, and customer experience improvement, according to the research house. “Hong Kong is easing back into a recovery mode, but wary of the fragility of the economic situation, bankers are placing concerted efforts…
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Home loan sops, DA to bring cheer
NEW DELHI: Here’s good news for serving and retired civil servants. The government has increased dearness allowance (DA) for government employees and dearness relief (DR) for pensioners by 5% with effect from July 1. This will put additional purchasing power in the hands of civil servants to the tune of Rs 2,903.55 crore, up to end-February, after which another instalment of DA would kick in. This comes as good news for marketers gearing up for an action-packed festive season, and would increase consumption in the economy. The Union Cabinet’s decision to increase DA to 27% is in accordance with the…
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Firefox master password recovery tool
It’s great in this day and age that browsers can remember our passwords for us, allowing us cross-site security without the hassle of memorizing a million different random passwords. It’s great, that is, until we forget our master password. Fret not, though; there is a solution. The folks over at Lifehacker show us how to use FireMaster to recover forgotten or misplaced Firefox master passwords. Perhaps a better solution is to just store those tricky passwords where nobody will find them.
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Hiren’s BootCD 10.0
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