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CHESTER, England, September 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- - However, nearly half of adults think there is still a long road to recovery ahead - Almost one in five feel the recession will never end - Brits ditch the 'buy now, pay later' attitude of the boom times After five long years since the start of the credit crunch, when Northern Rock collapsed, one in six (14 per cent) Brits are now coming to terms with the fact their finances will never be the same...

Travelers Receive Email Alerts to Easily Track Currency Rate Fluctuations New York, NY (PRWEB) September 06, 2012 Travelex, the world’s largest foreign currency provider, has launched its newest innovation for the travel world, http://www.CurrencyRateTracker.com. This website gives Americans with future travel plans an easy tool to track currencies relevant to their next trip. When users visit Travelex’s Currency Rate Tracker, they select the currency they are interested in and...

NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The meager 96,000 job gain in August, after a downwardly revised gain of 141,000 in July, reflects a labor market that remains slow in a disappointingly weak economy. Consumer anxiety about how much longer this may continue is reflected in weak sentiment and slow buying. Lack of demand together with concern about declining profits makes it difficult to generate new jobs at a faster pace. Companies are focused on squeezing more productivity...

KYIV, Ukraine, August 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Capital investment to Ukraine grew by 29.1 percent over January - June 2012, compared to the same period of 2011, reports the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Total amount of investment reached EUR 11.2 billion. Given the available data on the volume of foreign investment into neighboring countries, Ukraine may become the largest foreign investment recipient in the region over the listed time period. Foreign direct...

TORONTO, Aug. 30, 2012 /CNW/ - The C.D. Howe Institute's Monetary Policy Council (MPC) today recommended that the Bank of Canada maintain its target for the overnight rate, the very short-term interest rate it targets for monetary policy purposes, at 1.00 percent at its next announcement on September 5, 2012. The Council further recommended that the Bank hold the overnight rate target at 1.00 through March of 2013, and called for a target of 1.25 percent by August of next year....

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The price of gold reached a four-month high of $1,674.28 per ounce on August 24, 2012, as a result of speculation concerning yet a third round of quantitative easing and dismal U.S. economic reports. Capital Gold Group CEO, Jonathan Rose, forecasts gold to soar in the coming months of 2012. "Investors need to wake up and realize that gold is not an investment but a vehicle for wealth preservation," stated Rose. "As the Federal Reserve hints...

Data For July 2012 NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Center for Financial Stability (CFS) broad money supply data for July 2012 illustrate that the US economy is improving modestly. However, growth remains extremely weak. For instance, CFS Divisia M4 (DM4) for July advanced by 2.9% on a year-over-year (YoY) basis or well below the 6% to 6.5% typically associated with historical trend GDP growth of 3¼%. CFS proprietary money supply data provide a crucial...

LONDON, August 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- - Customers using our high street foreign exchange could win up to GBP1000 - Those returning or buying currency have the chance daily to be entered into a prize draw With Brits heading abroad to avoid the changeable weather and make the most of the last few weeks of the school holidays, Thomas Cook has launched a fantastic August draw for the chance to win the ultimate holiday cash back. The...

-- INDEX SIGNALS SLOW GROWTH FOR REMAINDER OF YEAR -- -- Softening of export markets expected to continue -- Barometer suggests similarities to 2010 and 2011 economic cycles WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Chemistry Council (ACC) today released the third monthly report of its Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), a leading economic indicator derived from a composite index of chemical industry activity. The August CAB showed a 0.4 percent growth over...

Suicides associated with the 2008-2010 recession in England: Time-trend analysis A paper published on bmj.com today suggests that over 1000 people have committed suicide due to the 2008-2010 economic recession in the UK (846 men and 155 women). Suicides began to rise in the UK in 2008 following 20 years of decline - suicides rose 8% among men and 9% among women in 2008, compared to 2007. And even though suicides did begin to fall in 2010 figures were still above the 2007 averages....