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3.5 year - 2.30% + MORE Mar 16th
This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2014-11-28. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online..... More »
40 days – 2.75%
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European Central Bank head says currency bloc incomplete, needs better oversight of economies
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HELSINKI – European Central Bank head Mario Draghi says the euro currency union remains “incomplete” and needs to be strengthened with better oversight of member countries’ economic policies.
Draghi said in the text of a speech Thursday in Helsinki that “for all its resilience, our union is still incomplete.”
He said the 18 member countries have agreed not to bail each other out through fiscal transfers — so they need other ways of keeping problems in one country from affecting them all.
He called for “joint sovereignty” over economic policies and urged tougher use of the EU’s annual review of national budgets, as a way to keep poor economic policymaking from triggering economic trouble in individual countries.
EU officials are currently reviewing national budgets. They are due to decide before the end of the month whether to fine some countries like France and Italy for not meeting targets.
Draghi also called for more cross-border integration of financial markets and bank lending…
Draghi said in the text of a speech Thursday in Helsinki that “for all its resilience, our union is still incomplete.”
He said the 18 member countries have agreed not to bail each other out through fiscal transfers — so they need other ways of keeping problems in one country from affecting them all.
He called for “joint sovereignty” over economic policies and urged tougher use of the EU’s annual review of national budgets, as a way to keep poor economic policymaking from triggering economic trouble in individual countries.
EU officials are currently reviewing national budgets. They are due to decide before the end of the month whether to fine some countries like France and Italy for not meeting targets.
Draghi also called for more cross-border integration of financial markets and bank lending…
3.5 year – 2.20%
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This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2014-10-20. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
4.5 year – 2.50%
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This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2014-06-13. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
60 days – 2.00%
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This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2014-10-06. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
