I also dug Provisions by Giant Sand and Dig, Lazaru, Dig! by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
The Spanish owned bank increased its provisions by £450m; pre-tax profits fell 4 per cent in 2015 to £1.34bn.
A surprise increase in loan loss provisions by Toronto-Dominion Bank in June squarely focused attention on the issue.
Banks have been hit by the surprise announcement of extra provisions by Royal Bank of Scotland, down 8.7p at 252.2p.
According to a recent survey by Deloitte, a big accounting firm, the new method is expected to increase loan-loss provisions by around half.
There commonly are also provisions by which people who wish to postpone their retirement and continue to contribute can draw a larger pension.
In some federal states (e.g., Argentina and India), there are emergency provisions by which the central government may suspend the powers of individual state or provincial governments.
This became clear on June 15th when the cabinet approved a long-awaited growth decree drained of its more ambitious provisions by the treasury.
He spoke recently of trying to subvert Obamacare's provisions by cutting the hours of all of his workers to less than 30 hours.
Jia secured military provisions by a land reform that included confiscating land from large owners, but this alienated the greater part of the landlord and official class.
American Express has raised its loan loss provisions by 70percentt; Capital One has put $2 billion aside for loan losses, and might need to do more.
