In fact, many of the cardinal sins of financial excess seem to be part-and-parcel of the ETF business these days: extreme leverage, market manipulation and tax bills that can blindside unsuspecting investors, to name a few.

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While commodity prices are being fueled in part by excess liquidity chasing risk, as developed economies follow through with loose monetary policy, the dynamics behind emerging market currency fluctuations, especially the real, are traced out by their interaction with China.

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Reforms to tackle the root causes of excess saving in China are therefore needed as part of a lasting solution to global imbalances.

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With rates being near zero and the Fed s balance sheet already at an intractable level, the only viable solution to fight Ben s phantom deflation fear is for him to remove the impetus on the part of banks to keep their excess reserves laying fallow at the Fed.

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"I am unable to accept that either the paid item charges, and guaranteed paid item charges, or the overdraft excess charges, are the price or remuneration, or even a part of the price or remuneration, that the customer pays, " he added.

BBC: Slow progress on bank charges

As part of the work water storage areas will be created to channel excess water on to Enfield Golf Course and Montagu Recreation Ground, slowing the speed and volume of water travelling down the brook.

BBC: Edmonton's ?15m flood defence improvements begin

If an investor were to give us a dollar to invest, the positions that he would control would be possibly in excess of the dollar that he gave us, even though that 75 cents is part in investment grade securities.

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Lack of oversight on the USDA's part is yet another reason that the current Farm Bill proposals need to be scrubbed hard for excess spending, critics say.

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