Published on June 7, 2010 by Technology Slice
Coalition Gains Popularity – The Abbott Coalition has broken through for the first time to a clear election-winning lead of 53-47 per cent in an Age/Nielsen poll that will rattle Labor and intensify pressure to change its increasingly unpopular mining tax. The government is losing the resource tax debate, with support for the tax down [...]
Tags: Disapproval, Gap, Greens, kevin rudd, Mr Abbott, Nielsen, Opposition Leaders, Point Gap, Poll, Pollster John, Popularity, Prime Minister, protest, Rock Bottom, Stirton, Swing, Tax Debate, Tony Abbott, vote
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Published on February 19, 2010 by Technology Slice
Fed Discount Rate – The U.S. Federal Reserve Thursday raised the rate it charges banks for emergency loans by a quarter percentage point, but emphasized that the step didn’t represent a broader tightening of credit. In a widely expected move, the U.S. central bank said the increase in the discount rate to 75 basis points [...]
Tags: Basis Points, Closure, Commercial Banks, Emergency Funds, Emergency Loans, Fed Discount Rate, Fed Funds Rate, Fed Officials, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Financial Markets, Gap, Normalization, Overnight Loans, Percentage Point, Point Gap, S Central, Targets
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