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The Cambodian government has ordered a limit on interest rates on small loans. The decision comes before local elections are set to take place in June. The 18 percent limit on the microfinance industry interest rates takes effect on April 1. Microfin

Some Colleges Ask for Part of Future Salary Instead of Loans

Young people graduating from colleges and universities in the United States face increasing amounts of debt. Some colleges however are now offering students another way to pay for their studies. They pay for a students education in return for a perce

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AZUZ: The Federal Reserve or the Fed is the central banking system of the U.S. Its goal is to keep the American financial system safe and stable. And yesterday, it used one of its major tools in stabilizing the economy. The Fed raised its key interes

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Subprime loans are high-interest loans made to borrowers with bad credit ratings. Now that the US housing market bubble has burst, more of these borrowers are defaulting on their mortgages, and this is causing big problems for subprime lenders and p

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Microfinance is a fast-growing part of the financial industry in many developing countries. Micro lenders give small loans to poor people to start or expand businesses. Microcredit offers a chance to

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The government is going to change the repayment rate for student loans. At the moment, when graduates earn a minimum of $19,084 a year (that is $367 a week), they have to start repaying the loan at a rate of 10% of their pay until the full loan is pa

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Bad loans at Chinese commercial banks fall in 2010

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Stocks tumbled around the world on Monday as several markets registered their deepest declines in years. VOA's Barry Wood reports that $2 trillion of value was wiped out in just a single trading day. Wall Street traders, 06 Oct 2008 The steepest dec

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Nations around the world are pledging more money for emergency loans to help member nations of the International Monetary Fund cope with any new economic crisis. The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, said the me

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