Last month the finance ministry began allowing issuers to sell paper directly to investors.
But within the Central Bank and the Finance Ministry, a weak dollar is just as dirty.
Nor did an insurance fund that the Finance Ministry had patched together have sufficient resources.
Without it, says the finance ministry's Keith Muhakanizi, the economy would never have done as well.
The Finance Ministry allegedly wants to change the way it indexes debt to inflation.
The IMF and EU send in accountants and economists who occupy space in the finance ministry.
"The Treasury acts as both the finance ministry and economic ministry, " said Mrs Hodge.
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But the extra revenues will also help the finance ministry curb its burgeoning deficit.
The existence of corruption at the heart of the finance ministry is a serious matter.
Reform would be painful for the finance ministry, revealing years of mismanagement and concealed losses.
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The finance ministry has trimmed spending where it can, but meanwhile piled up debt.
The finance ministry has been less enlightened about deregulation than the health and welfare ministry.
The finance ministry therefore wants to give the bank formal autonomy, which Congress must approve.
Piqued, Mr Hashimoto is now suggesting that the finance ministry be stripped of its tax-collecting powers instead.
Israeli sites reported brief cyberattacks on the stock market website and the Finance Ministry website Saturday night.
Many think the move was influenced by bureaucrats in the finance ministry, a bastion of fiscal conservatism.
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There was a time when the finance ministry kept a firm grip on Italy's lotteries and betting.
To avoid calamity, the finance ministry will try to make private placements of debt with international banks.
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The Post Office gives the cash to the Finance Ministry, which invests it in Japanese government bonds.
He left the planning ministry after disagreeing with free-market colleagues in the finance ministry and Central Bank.
By now, everybody and that includes the bureaucrats at the finance ministry is well aware that change is unavoidable.
There seems to be more determination at the Finance Ministry to deliver on its projections this year.
With the economy barrelling along, the finance ministry could simply cap spending and enjoy the swelling tax revenues.
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Mohamed Ibrahim will head the Interior Ministry and Al-Mursi Al-Sayed Hegazy will run the Finance Ministry, MENA said.
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One plus point is a reform put in place during Mr Nogueira Leite's time at the finance ministry.
These problems come as an embarrassment to the finance ministry officials who supervised fund-management businesses until last month.
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Less than two months ago the finance ministry predicted a 5.8% expansion in the year to end of March.
Overall Japanese exports fell the most in six months in July, data from the finance ministry showed last week.
Even the finance ministry has launched an iPhone application the Glossary of Current Affairs in the Economy to unexpected popular appeal.
Lagarde announced her candidacy at a special press conference at the Finance Ministry in Paris, announced late on Tuesday.
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