Fears over US consumer debt
By Dawn Kopecki in New York | China Daily | Updated: 2012-03-12 08:04
A monitor showing US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke giving his semi-annual monetary policy report to Congress while traders work at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Bernanke said that maintaining monetary stimulus is warranted even as the unemployment rate falls and rising oil prices may cause inflation to rise temporarily. Scott Eells / Bloomberg |
Concern over some banks' proposals to pay dividends and buy back shares
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