It took years for me to agree to have a joint checking account with my current husband, and I still have my own checking and savings accounts, as well as credit cards in my own name.

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Even more worrying, in the short term, is that alarming statistic I flagged up last week: the Office for Budget Responsibility expects us to run a current account deficit of 4% of GDP in 2012.

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"The CAD (current account deficit) can be financed only through foreign inflows and that is why I'm happy to announce a major rationalization in government securities and corporate bonds, " Finance Minister P.

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