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Mr. Miliband's speech will also criticize Labour for backing university tuition fees, doing too little to contain skyrocketing personal-debt levels and for failing to stand up "to the old ways in the City which said deregulation was the answer."
Labour Leader to Distance Himself from Brown, Blair Laurence Norman 2010
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Mr. Gardner said the modest improvement in economic conditions had been insufficient to pull the housing market out of its languid state, as households' spending power remains constrained by elevated inflation, stagnant real wage growth and high personal-debt levels.
U.K. House Prices Rise Modestly Ainsley Thomson 2011
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Between 1982 and 1989, consumers let personal-debt service-monthly payments on mortgages and consumer loans-rise from 11 to 13.6 percent of disposable income, reports Susan Sterne of Economic Analysis Associates of Stowe, Vt. That's roughly a 25 percent increase and a record.
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Standing in the way of a recovery are deep-seated problems such as depleted home equity and high personal-debt levels.
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The documentary paints a picture of national financial crisis stemming from the personal-debt burden.
Danny Schechter: The Next Bubble Is on The Way: Credit Card Debt 2008
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One of the "best" ways of addressing these personal-debt issues is by making sure Canadians are financially literate, Mr. Rajotte says.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Jane Taber 2011
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McDarby, chief executive of an Irish personal-debt management company called
The Seattle Times 2010
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As a country, we are doing the personal-debt equivalent of hiding the bills behind the clock on the mantlepiece - but they will have to be paid.
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