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ft.com - 4/22/2009
FT.com / UK - Darling to issue
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Alistair Darling will be forced to issue more than £200bn worth of government bonds this financial year – well above market expectations – as he concedes in Wednesday’s Budget that the public finances have plunged deeply into the red. With public borrowing set to soar to £170bn-£180bn, the ...
blogs.ft.com - 4/23/2009
Darling is doing his best to clean up Brown’s mess
— blogs.ft.com — Alistair Darling is a good chancellor of the exchequer. He has presented a Budget that does essentially... nothing - a good budget, given the dreadful economic circumstances. The global economic environment is the least hospitable since 1945 and a dozen ... (more) Darling is doing his best to clean up Brown’s mess

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ft.com - 4/20/2009
FT.com / UK - Darling to admit
— ft.com — Alistair Darling has decided to concede for the first time that the government will not recoup the... full costs of its banking interventions and that the bill could be as high as £60bn. Following the example of the US, the chancellor will make a ... (more) FT.com / UK - Darling to admit
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guardian.co.uk - 4/20/2009
Darling looks beyond the recession
— guardian.co.uk — Chancellor posts YouTube video detailing his last-minute preparations ahead of what has been dubbed 'the budget from... hell' on Wednesday Alistair Darling has turned to YouTube to give a behind-the-scenes look at his last-minute preparations for this ... (more) Darling looks beyond the recession

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Darling to issue £200bn of bonds
FT Alphaville — The UK is set to issue more than £200bn worth of government bonds this financial year – well above market expectations – as chancellor Alistair Darling prepares to concede in Wednesday’s Budget that public finances have plunged into the red. With public borrowing set to soar to £170bn-£180bn, gilt issuance this year will be well over £50bn higher than the Debt Management Office estimated last month – a record for peacetime borrowing.

THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 22 April 2009
FiNTAG - Hedge Fund News, Views, Opinions and Gossip — ... Fintag says Have I been asleep? Something like a recovery seems in the air. It was only yesterday that I said the Private Equity model was dead. Seems like it has come to life. Hail the Lord! ny post says " PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENTS A TIME BOMB " DARLING TO ISSUE £200BN OF BONDS financial times ...

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