International Monetary Fund debt anchor a sinker say economists – The Australian Financial Review

After years of budget failure, the IMF wants Canberra to adopt a “debt anchor” that would increase its ability to stimulate the economy with spending. Vladimir Blinov The government and budget experts have dismissed as needless a radical proposal by the International Monetary Fund to impose a “debt anchor” on Australian politicians that would potentially…

Feds and state stop debt relief operation in Florida – ConsumerAffairs

The state of Florida has teamed up with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) once again to take down several Florida-based companies that officials say were running a debt relief scam. Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi says a federal court has approved consent judgments which resolve charges that the debt relief companies exploited debt-burdened consumers with promises of…