Free Debt Help Now Available Inside Launceston Foodbank

Struggling with money is isolating enough without having to traipse across town for help. Now, anyone walking into Launceston Foodbank can sort food and finances in the same visit. Community Money Advice Launceston has been running fortnightly appointment sessions at the foodbank, held every other Wednesday, offering one-to-one support with budgeting, getting out of debt…

Brazil’s consumer debt relief plan won’t jeopardize rate-cut cycle, finance minister says

BRASILIA, May 5 (Reuters) – Brazil’s finance minister Dario Durigan said the government’s relaunched consumer debt relief program won’t provide enough stimulus to derail the current monetary easing cycle. “(The impact) seems quite contained,” Durigan said in an interview with TV program Roda Viva late on Monday. The government relaunched on Monday a consumer debt…